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Pepkor (PEP) Plans Banking Launch by April 2027 with 1.8M Customers

Pepkor (PEP) plans to launch its banking business in April 2027, targeting to acquire 1.8 million primary banking customers within five years using its national store network. The company currently processes approximately 22 million cash-in cash-out transactions and 4 million bill payments annually. Initially expecting to spend around 1 billion rand ($61.2 million), Pepkor now forecasts the total cost to be no more than 920 million rand, pending regulatory approvals. The Prudential Authority has granted Pepkor conditional approval to establish a bank in South Africa, and they have acquired CloudBadger Technologies to support this initiative.