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    Home»News»Bank warns of conflict of interest in Sassa tender

    Bank warns of conflict of interest in Sassa tender

    News By Agency Staff24 June 2016
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    Some of the technology deployed by Net1's CPS on behalf of Sassa
    Some of the technology deployed by Net1’s CPS on behalf of Sassa

    The South African Reserve Bank said the way the country’s welfare grants are paid out may have resulted in Net1 UEPS Technologies having a conflict of interest as the company has the contract to make the payments and at the same time is marketing and providing products and services to beneficiaries.

    Net1 owns stakes in micro-lending companies Moneyline Financial Services, Manje Mobile Electronic Payment Services and mobile banking service provider Zazoo, which have been named in some of the complaints of illegal deductions by welfare beneficiaries, according to the South African Social Security Agency.

    There may issues “related to Net1 being involved in payouts” and selling services, the Pretoria-based central bank said in court documents filed on Wednesday with the high court in Pretoria in a case where Net1 has challenged new regulations that bar deductions from welfare grants. “This may lead to a possible conflict of interest and create perverse incentives, which may increase the likelihood of abuses.”

    The case pits South African financial services companies against the government, which says it’s trying to protect some of nation’s poorest and least-educated people from being taken advantage of as they often allow deductions without fully understanding what they are agreeing to. Net1 didn’t immediately respond to e-mailed questions it requested.

    In the same documents, the central bank also said that Grindrod Bank, contracted by Net1 to provide accounts for grant beneficiaries into which payments are made, may be too small to effectively perform that role.

    “Grindrod is a small retail bank with very few branches,” making it difficult for grant recipients to travel to branches to sort out queries and their “social and economic disposition” makes it unlikely they could effectively use a call center, the central bank said. Grindrod declined to comment.

    Net1 tumbled as much as 10% to R143,39, the most since 15 January on a closing basis, before trading 0,3% lower at R159,37 at 3.18pm, in line with the benchmark FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index. Grindrod, which owns Grindrod Bank, rose by 0,2% to R11.  — (c) 2016 Bloomberg LP

    Grindrod Grindrod Bank Manje Mobile Electronic Payment Services Moneyline Financial Services Net1 Net1 UEPS Net1 UEPS Technologies Sarb South African Reserve Bank Zazoo
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