A car guard, a petrol attendant, a vendor or a taxi driver handed you a card with a QR code on it, or you scanned one and ended up here. This page explains what it is and where your money goes.
StreetPay does not receive, hold or forward your payment. When you pay, the money goes from your bank straight to that person's own bank account, by PayShap, in seconds. We are not in the middle of it. We take nothing out of it, and we never see the amount or your name.
We are paid a monthly fee by the business that signed the worker up. That is where our money comes from, and it is why we do not need any of yours.
Point your phone camera at the QR code on their card, or tap your phone against it if the card has a tag. Their page opens. You do not need an app and you do not need to sign up for anything.
Their page shows a cellphone number with a copy button next to it. That number is the payment address. Nothing else on the page needs filling in.
Open your own banking app and look for PayShap, or ShapID, or Pay to a cellphone number. It is usually under Payments or Send money. Paste the number, choose any amount, send. They get it immediately.
Most South African banks have PayShap, including Absa, African Bank, Capitec, Discovery, FNB, Investec, Nedbank, Standard Bank and TymeBank. There is no StreetPay fee on your payment. Your own bank may charge for a PayShap send, and small amounts are free at several banks.
Anyone can print a card and stick their own QR code on top of somebody else's. It is the obvious way to steal from this, so here is how to catch it in two seconds.
Look at the address at the top of your screen, then look at the address printed along the bottom of the card. They must match. If they do not match, a sticker has been put over the real code. Do not pay.
You can also type the eight character code from the bottom of the card into our checker, and it will tell you whether StreetPay really issued that card and whether it is still active.
Checking a card confirms that StreetPay issued it and that the account behind it is active. It cannot confirm that the person holding it is the person standing in front of you. Read the name, the job and the place on the card and see whether they match the person and where you are. Some cards carry a photograph, and where there is one, look at it. If anything does not add up, do not pay, and tell us.
No. You scan with your phone camera and pay from the banking app you already have. There is no StreetPay app and nothing to sign up for.
Whatever you would have given in cash. There is no set amount and nothing on the page suggests one.
Yes. The payment goes bank to bank, directly to them. Nothing is deducted by us, because the money never passes through us in the first place.
It is probably there under another name. Look for PayShap, ShapID, or Pay to a cellphone number, usually under Payments or Send money. If you genuinely cannot find it, your bank may not have joined yet, and the only other option is to ask them for their bank details and send an ordinary EFT.
That is deliberate and it means we are not confident the money would arrive. It might be a new card that is not finished being set up, or a number that needs re checking. Please do not try to pay another way around it. Call us on 061 628 2710 and tell us which card it was.
We do not ask for any. You do not create an account, we never see your name, your bank or the amount, and we do not use cookies or track you. See our privacy notice.
Call 061 628 2710 or WhatsApp 079 925 5460. If a card is being misused we want to know the same day.
