Shyft – Global Money App 4+
Forex, Investments, Payments
Standard Bank Group
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- Free
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Description
Save, spend, and invest anywhere in the world.
Shyft is the award winning retail forex, investments and payments app that gives you more for less, 24/7. Buy, store, send & invest the cheapest forex with Shyft – no matter where you bank! Shyft will save you time and money with fast transactions, flat rates and no commission fees. With our new-and-improved digital sign-up process, you can complete the entire onboarding process from the convenience of your smartphone.
Shop
Shop locally and use your ZAR card to make purchases by swiping, or tap and go securely. You can also shop for the latest brands from around the globe using a Shyft virtual forex card. You can also use your virtual card for managing international subscriptions, booking flights or paying for hotels in foreign currency.
Travel
Order Multi-currency Shyft Mastercard debit cards to use while travelling overseas and save up to 5% on card fees. Apart from the four currencies currently available on Shyft, you can use your physical Shyft forex card to withdraw local currency from any Mastercard supported ATM in the country you’re visiting (conversion fees may apply). Buy a souvenir or two with your physical card, and top up your cards anytime, anywhere, right from the app. Travelling to the Far East? We also offer a Union Pay International Card accepted throughout China, order one via the app today.
Invest
Shyft Shares allows you to invest in the top U.S. stocks and ETFs directly from your phone, so now you can also own a share in the world’s best companies. See the most popular shares and how they have been tracking over the last 30 days and create a watchlist to keep your eye on. All you’ll need to start trading is your tax number.
Need to take money offshore?
The Shyft Global Wallet provides you with a safe and secure way to purchase and hold foreign currencies at the cheapest rates. You can also easily and conveniently send forex to an offshore bank account by creating an offshore beneficiary and transferring funds as and when required. Payments to the US, UK and Europe can take less than a day to settle.
Get your money moving
So, you’ve got the app and your cards, you’ve bought forex, but what else does the Shyft app offer you? This should give you an idea: You can send money to Shyft users, for free, or pay international beneficiaries, charged at a flat rate. You can now also access and fund an offshore account with the help of our integrated partners.
Available currencies:
USD
GBP
EUR
AUD
ZAR
Shyft - The Home of Global Citizen
What’s New
Version 5.5.0
Introduced Limit Orders for Share trading
Enhanced our beneficiary creation to make international payments even easier
Easily switch between Stock Exchanges with our new currency selector
Selling your shares is now even simpler
Bug fixes and UI enhancements on the card screens
Fixed issues with navigating through the shares list pages
Ratings and Reviews
Poor customer support
Firstly, the app gives the impression that you can pay foreign beneficiaries in ZAR. It even lets you go all the way to adding the banking details of a foreign beneficiary, selecting that it’s a ZAR payment and then right at the last minute gives an error message. If it isn’t possible, then don’t even allow the customer to go that far in the process.
Then because this didn’t work I asked for a refund. The FAQ on the Shyft website says “the app will request the bank account details to which the refund must be paid”. This never happened and the funds were paid into an old account which was closed. Upon contacting customer support, no responsibility was taken and it just became my problem to solve. I was told that the FAQ relates to 3rd party payments which is not mentioned anywhere on the FAQ.
So just be careful when using Shyft and requesting a refund. It’s not worth it. Rather use another forex platform.
Developer Response ,
Please, contact us at SBSA.ask@standardbank.co.za, and we will do our best to help you as fast as possible. Thanks for reaching out – we really appreciate your input.
Quick, easy international transactions
Great experience with the Shyft app. I predominantly use it to buy forex. Love that you can store currency on the app indefinitely. I’ve used Shyft virtual cards to pay for various international purchases and find that it’s much cheaper than paying with my normal credit card. Have also ordered a physical forex card which arrived within a day. Looking forward to using it on upcoming travels. Support team is also incredibly efficient and friendly.
Developer Response ,
Dear user, thank you for your review! We are glad to receive nice words from our users. We work to ensure that you get only a positive experience!
App is a confusing mess.
. It springs surprises like A notice saying you have not provided authentication when I battled half an afternoon and finally got authenticated. The chat line packs up in he middle of a help chat. You top up your wallet but it takes 30 minutes ( they don’t warn you in advance ) so I am waiting to order a physical card. Considering this app deals with your money it does not seem stable or trustworthy I know I might even get the usual bleat from the developer “ That we are working on it” That is of NO USE whatsoever to me Allow for days to try to learn this thing if you dare. I am going to give up and will try to get my money back before I leave for overseas possibly with out a card because they take days to deliver it. Reviews of apps like this don’t lie It’s ratings are bad. What is it about IT designers? They seem incapable often to design an app Joe Soap can work because they are on another planet. Beware !
Developer Response ,
Dear user, please describe the problem for our Support team at support@getshyft.co.za. Contact us as soon as possible, and we'll help!
App Privacy
The developer, Standard Bank Group, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Identifiers
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Financial Info
- Location
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Usage Data
- Sensitive Info
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited
- Size
- 76.9 MB
- Category
- Finance
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.4 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 13.4 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.4 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © The Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd
- Price
- Free
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