Valuable savings through FNB eBucks Rewards and FNB Connect
FNB announces a variety of Black Friday and celebratory birthday deals to assist customers with stretching their rands further while scouting or shopping for the best holiday season bargains.
Pieter Woodhatch, CEO of eBucks, explains, “Black Friday and Summer spend season mark the official start of holiday shopping in South Africa. During this time, many consumers, including our own customers turn to loyalty rewards programmes to help stretch their budgets. That’s why we focus on helping them manage their cash flow through valuable savings with our FNB eBucks rewards. While factors like interest rate cuts and lower inflation are creating a more positive outlook for this year’s Black Friday and festive season, we’re confident our customers will find our offers highly beneficial”.
All customers, including FNB and RMB Private Bank and Commercial clients, can make use of their eBucks and virtual cards (VC) to make purchases of the eBucks Black Friday and Festive Summer deals.
The usual up to 40% eBucks Travel discounts on flights and car rental apply, plus these discounts get boosted up until 30 November to include:
- FNB Aspire customers leverage on the R100 discount off the domestic flight and receive a bonus R150 Wimpy voucher, plus a R100 Mr D Voucher when booking your QuickBus ticket.
- FNB Premier, Private Clients and Private Wealth and RMB Private Bank clients can get up to 40% off all airline ticket purchases on any chosen airline and additionally receive 10% earn back on your rand spend in eBucks. This includes up to 40% off AVIS car hire and a bonus R400 Engen voucher.
- FNB Commercial customers can also get 10% earn back on your rand spend in eBucks on any flight purchases.
The table below is an additional overview of other valuable offers by eBucks to customers which include up to 40% off on the eBucks Partner Shop. The offer ends 02 December 2024.
| Partner Shop deals only for Black Friday | 18 – 24 November 2024 | 25 – 02 December 2024 |
| Hirsch’s | Small appliance savings on Smeg, Samsung, Defy, Delonghi, and Nespresso. Includes free vouchers for Nespresso pods on selected Nespresso items | Black Friday deals across all categories including Outdoor, Tech, Gaming, Wearables, and Mobile. |
| iStore | iPad, Mac, Monitors, iPhones, and many more | Black Friday deals across all categories including laptops, Cyber Monday, Back-to-School, or Varsity offers |
| Dress Your Tech | DYT Wearable deals: Tech accessories. | Black Friday deals across all categories including accessories, Cyber Monday, Back-to-School, or Oppo Honor, Huawei, Mobicel, Xiaomi and Hisense |
* Other FNB eBucks Black Friday and Festive Summer deals with Clicks, Superbalist, ARC , Workshop17 and Le Creuset can be found on the FNB and RMB Private Bank Banking Apps.
“As a financial services provider that understands the role we play in the lives of our customers, we are committed to tailoring our rewards programme to meet their diverse needs. Our eBucks rewards programme is designed to help South Africans stretch their monthly budgets for necessities. Over the past 24 years, the programme has paid out more than R22bn in eBucks. The recent FNB year-end results also show that our customers earned R2.3 billion in eBucks in the past year, which is money back in their pockets. For a free programme, this is an exceptional commitment to our customers. Our payout increased by 8% from last year, surpassing inflation,” adds Woodhatch.
Sashin Sookroo, CEO of FNB Connect, says, “Affordable smart devices and data are needed to help our customers to easily connect, transact or unwind, as part of their day-to-day lives. FNB Connect aims to help customers by making smart devices and big data more accessible and affordable via its digital platforms. Black Friday and Cyber Monday mark the beginning of a long festive period, and we believe that these offers can help our customers connect with their family, friends, colleagues, and partners.”
From 11 November to 4th December 2024, the FNB Connect shop will feature exclusive discounts on popular products where customers can also get 500GB data every month for six months when taking up a device, over term.
The top FNB Connect Black Friday deals that will be offered to customers while also reducing their monthly instalments include:
| Device | Term | Current monthly premium | New monthly premium | Savings over term | % Saving |
| Apple 10.9-inch iPad Wi-Fi 64GB – Silver | 36 | R489 | R299 | R6,840 | 39% |
| Xiaomi Smart Air Fryer 6.5L | 24 | R169 | R99 | R1,680 | 41% |
| Hisense 40 Inch FHD Smart TV | 24 | R249 | R199 | R1,200 | 20% |
| PlayStation 5 Slim + Volcanic Red Controller | 36 | R679 | R559 | R4,320 | 18% |
| Garmin Forerunner 55 | 24 | R249 | R139 | R2,640 | 44% |
| Samsung Galaxy Watch FE | 24 | R239 | R129 | R2,640 | 46% |
| Samsung Galaxy Tab A9 (WIFI) | 24 | R219 | R169 | R1,200 | 23% |
| Apple iPhone 13 128GB | 36 | R629 | R499 | R4,680 | 21% |
| Samsung Galaxy A25 | 36 | R279 | R199 | R2,880 | 29% |
**Customers can access more Black Friday deals on the FNB/RMB App. Go to the FNB App>Menu>Select Connect> Shop> Black Friday to view all the deals.
FNB Connect is also running a special one-day promotion at midnight on the 29 November 2024 to celebrate the bank’s 186th birthday. Customers will have an exclusive opportunity to grab one of ten deals at R186 per month over a pre-selected term, including 500GB data every month for six months, when taking up a device. It is important to note that there will only be 186 units of each device, and the deals will only be available on the FNB and RMB Private Bank App.
| Device | Term | Monthly Installments | Recommended retail selling price | FNB Connect Price | Save | % Saving |
| PlayStation 5 Slim Digital | 36 | R186 | R11,999 | R6,696 | R5,303 | 44% |
| Apple 10.9-Inch iPad Wi-Fi 64GB – Silver | 24 | R186 | R7,499 | R4,464 | R3,035 | 40% |
| MSI: CLAW A1M | Intel Core Ultra 5 | 36 | R186 | R11,999 | R6,696 | R5,303 | 44% |
| Samsung 65″ QLED Smart TV | 36 | R186 | R11,999 | R6,696 | R5,303 | 44% |
| Samsung Galaxy Watch FE | 12 | R186 | R4,499 | R2,232 | R2,267 | 50% |
| Technic Porsche GT4 e-Performance Race Car | 12 | R186 | R2,999 | R2,232 | R767 | 26% |
| Samsung A35 128GB 5G | 24 | R186 | R7,499 | R4,464 | R3,035 | 40% |
| Acer Aspire Lite N100 8GB 256GB | 24 | R186 | R5,999 | R4,464 | R1,535 | 26% |
| Apple AirPods 4 | 12 | R186 | R2,909 | R2,232 | R677 | 23% |
| Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Silver | 12 | R186 | R3,999 | R2,232 | R1,767 | 44% |
FNB Connect will also offer a range of bonus data deals on its SIM only offers and data bundle promotions. This includes a special promo of a 60GB data bundle for only R399 valid for 60 days – perfect for the big data streaming, gaming and social media use that comes with the festive period. In addition, there will be other data bundle promotions available across 1/7/30 day periods. These amazing data promos can be found on the Buy Tab > FNB Connect > Data Bundle Promo. Moreover, over this summer period, if customers take-up any of our recently launched refreshed data-rich suite of plans , they can qualify for offers up to 100GB bonus data per month for up to 12 months. Some of the great SIM only deals are highlighted below:
| SIM Plan | Monthly Fee | Monthly allocation | Bonus Data |
| Talk Max 15GB | R399 | 15GB | 2000 mins | 50 SMS | 100GB x 12 months |
| Talk Max 20GB | R479 | 20GB | 4000 mins | 100 SMS | 100GB x 12 months |
| Top Up XS Plus | R85 | 1GB | 60 mins | 25 SMS | 5GB x 3 months |
| Top Up S Plus | R145 | 2.5GB | 100 mins | 50 SMS | 10GB x 6 months |
| Top Up M Plus | R219 | 4GB | 150 mins | 100 SMS | 15GB x 6 months |
| Top Up L Plus | R289 | 6GB | 200 mins | 150 SMS | 30GB x 12 months |
| Top Up XL Plus | R359 | 8GB | 250 mins | 200 SMS | 50GB x 12 months |
| Top Up Data 6GB | R129 | 6GB | 10GB x 6 months |
| Top Up Data 50GB | R349 | 50GB | 30GB x 12 months |
| Top Up 300GB | R699 | 300GB | 100GB x 12 months |
“The Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Festive Summer deals are a great opportunity for customers to save big on popular items. One of the key benefits of banking with FNB is getting exclusive access to the FNB Connect Shop and eBucks shop. We encourage our customers to visit our digital platforms for more information on these incredible deals,” Sookroo concludes.
| Apiwe Mjambane |
| Public Relations Consultant FNB Corporate Affairs |
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