SASSA Debit Cards in SA now Represent 14% of Spark ATM Transactions

Spark ATM Systems has released its latest Spark Cash Index (SCI), which measures the key cash withdrawal statistics across more than 2 200 Spark ATMs throughout South Africa. The latest SCI for August 2013 revealed an 8.48% year-on-year increase in average cash withdrawal values to R471.81. This also reflects a 1.97% month-on-month growth from R462.70

Farmworkers Drive Increase in ATM Activity

Although latest cash withdrawal statistics released by Spark ATM Systems, indicate that the national average cash withdrawal values remained static during the month of May, ATM activity recorded at farming locations, however, revealed the highest month-to-month increase across all locations. The Spark Cash Index (SCI), which measures the average value of cash withdrawals across more