A worrying statistic for South African consumers:

The Payments Association of SA (PASA) announced that there are more than 100 telemarketing companies who have been blacklisted for debiting consumers for services for which they either did not provide or for which consumers did not sign up for.

According to PASA CEO Walter Volker, many of these companies are guilty of fraudulent transactions where banking details of individuals are obtained illegally.

PASA claims that efforts are under way to “weed out the rotten apples” in the industry. A shocking 120 000+ of the 31 million payment orders processed monthly had been disputed by consumers.

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