Exactly how easy can your monthly electricity purchases be?
Here is Corné Lindeque from Prepaid24, explaining some of the incredible benefits that our scheduled purchases solution can offer you, as well as the many headaches it can solve...
The steps to set up your very first scheduled electricity purchase with Prepaid24 can be found a bit lower on this page. You can also request a call for assistance from one of our expert consultants.
How do scheduled purchases work?
You can set up a scheduled EFT payment to Prepaid24 through your online banking. This will let your monthly electricity purchases take place automatically! No other provider offers this service.
When setting up your scheduled EFT, you will specify an amount (usually the minimum amount of electricity you use during a month) and choose a date on which your scheduled EFT must be made every month (for example, on the 1st). You will also set an end date for your scheduled payment.
Once you have set up your payment, it will be made automatically every month on the date that you set, and Prepaid24 will send you your electricity tokens via SMS and email, without the need for you to lift a finger!
There are no obligations, commitments or extra fees. You can also cancel your scheduled purchase at any time.
Select your bank to view the steps to set up a scheduled EFT payment:
- Log into your ABSA Online Banking and click on “Payments”.
- Select “Recurring payments” and add your recurring payment.
- Select your Prepaid24 beneficiary. *If you haven't added us as beneficiary yet, here are our ABSA banking details:
Account Name: Prepaid24
Account nr: 4074826482
Branch: 632005 - Enter the payment amount.
- Choose the account from which you want to make your payments.
- Select the payment frequency and set a start and end date (the system will reflect the total number of payments).
- Enter your beneficiary (Prepaid24) and your unique Prepaid24 Purchase Reference (ex. For electricity it will be E(Your Registered Cell Number), ex. E0112221111).
- Click on “Next”.
- Enter your and your beneficiary’s notice of payment details. Click on “Next”.
- You will be directed to a confirmation screen; make sure that all your details are correct.
- Click “Confirm”.
Once you’ve followed the above steps, your payments will be processed every month on the dates that you chose.
You will receive your tokens automatically!
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Capitec App:
- Log into your Capitec App and click on the middle “Transact” icon.
- Click on “Recurring/future-dated”.
- Choose “Payment”.
- Select your Prepaid24 beneficiary. *If you haven't added us as beneficiary yet, here are our Capitec banking details:
Account Name: Prepaid24
Account nr: 1050768370
Branch: 450105 (This will automatically get filled in when you choose “Capitec Business” as the bank.)
*NB: If you see “470010” as the branch code, it means you’ve chosen “Capitec Bank” and not “Capitec Business”, which will cause your payments to Prepaid24 to fail. Please ensure that you choose “Capitec Business”. - Enter the amount you wish to pay.
- Click on the circle next to “Recurring” on the far-right:
- Click on “Choose frequency” and select your desired frequency for the recurring payment.
- Enter the “Start date” and the “End date” to set the duration of the recurring payment schedule.
- Under “Beneficiary reference”, enter your unique Prepaid24 Purchase Reference (ex. For electricity it will be E(Your Registered Cell Number), ex. E0112221111). And enter a personal description under “My statement description”.
- Click on “Add”.
- Click on “Confirm” on the pop-up that will appear and select “Done”.
Once you’ve followed the above steps, your payments will be processed every month on the dates that you chose.
You will receive your tokens automatically!
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FNB App:
- Log into your FNB App.
- Select “Payments” and then “Scheduled Payments”.
- Select “Add” and then “New recipient”.
- Choose “Specify recipient account details”.
- Choose “Select bank/branch” or “Enter BIC code”.
- Enter Prepaid24’s FNB banking details. *If you haven't added us as beneficiary yet, here are our FNB banking details:
Account Name: Prepaid24
Account nr: 62240938003
Branch: 261050 - Enter the following information:
- Account
- Amount
- References
- Schedule Payment Dates
- Etc...
- Confirm the transaction and click “Finished”.
*Please note that you must use your unique Prepaid24 Purchase Reference (ex. For electricity it will be E(Your Registered Cell Number), ex. E0112221111).
Once you’ve followed the above steps, your payments will be processed every month on the dates that you chose.
You will receive your tokens automatically!
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Nedbank App:
- Log into your Nedbank App.
- Go to “Overview” and click on “My accounts”.
- Swipe left to go to “Investments”.
- Go to “Features” and click on “Recurring payments”.
- Provide the following details:
- The frequency of your payment (How often should payments be made?)
- The day on which the payments should be made
- The amount you want to pay each time
- The account from which the payments will be made
- Click on “Set up”. *If you haven't added us as beneficiary yet, here are our Nedbank banking details:
Account Name: Prepaid24
Account nr: 1216135916
Branch: 121617
*Please note that you must use your unique Prepaid24 Purchase Reference (ex. For electricity it will be E(Your Registered Cell Number), ex. E0112221111).
Once you’ve followed the above steps, your payments will be processed every month on the dates that you chose.
You will receive your tokens automatically!
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Standard Bank App:
- Log into your Standard Bank App.
- On your home screen, click on “Transact” and select “Pay”.
- Find the Prepaid24 beneficiary and select “PAY” next to the beneficiary’s name. *If you haven't added us as beneficiary yet, here are our Standard Bank banking details:
Account Name: Prepaid24
Account nr: 281673195
Branch: 050017 - On the Payment Details screen, select the account from which you want to pay under “From”.
- Under “To”, enter the amount you want to pay and then select “Schedule Payment” to set up the payments:
- Toggle the “Schedule this payment” switch to the right.
- Choose the frequency of your payments under “How often”.
- Select the “Number of payments” you want to make.
- Set your “First payment date”.
- Click “DONE” to proceed.
- Back on the Payment Details screen, the number of scheduled payments will display. Click on “REVIEW” at the top-right.
- Check if all the details are correct and click “CONFIRM” at the top-right to finish off.
*Please note that you must use your unique Prepaid24 Purchase Reference (ex. For electricity it will be E(Your Registered Cell Number), ex. E0112221111).
Once you’ve followed the above steps, your payments will be processed every month on the dates that you chose.
You will receive your tokens automatically!
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