Annexure A: Details of Business Activities
Attributes and Characteristics to be upheld and maintained:
Integrity | All Agents must act with integrity at all times. They must be honest, loyal, and trustworthy. |
Technology Literate | Agents must understand how to use a SmartPhone, and be open to learning how to use new technology that the business provides. |
Financially Literate | Agents must understand how to balance the costs of running their business versus the money made. |
Customer Focused | Agents must know how to work with and manage their customers. They must implement the Treating Customer Fairly (TCF) approach, and ensure that good service is rendered at all times. |
Communication Skills | Agents must be able to speak well to all individuals and be able to explain the money transfer product well to encourage sales |
Entrepreneurial Skills | Agents must have a good sense of business and be passionate about creating a successful and well-run business. |
Requirements:
- Internet connection
- Smart cell Phone
- Valid and working Email address
- Pass the Agent exam with a minimum of 80%
Business Activities:
- Active engagement with potential clients – these being Migrant Labourers, Foreign Nationals or South African residents who have the need to send a money transfer.
- Representing the Shop2Shop Money Transfer brand and business with integrity and honesty. Always upholding the rules and regulations of the business to ensure that no regulation is over looked.
- Capturing new client’s personal information into the system accurately and correctly.
- Taking photos of all new clients FICA documentation and signed Mandate so that all information is clear and legible, and uploading the documents into the system when creating a customer.
- Ensuring that all documentation relating to client verification and their transactions are kept private, confidential and safe.
- Ensuring that the Face-to Face and the Non-Face-to-Face receipt of documentation requirements and verification are met.
- Capturing cross border transaction values into the system accurately.
- Providing the clients with invoices detailing their successful transaction.
- Providing clients with any after sales service.
- Attend all training sessions given by the business.
- Write the Agents exam annually to stay up to date with changes in the business and legislation.
- Ensure open communication with Head Office is kept.
- Working hours must be flexible as most clients registrations will typically happen outside of normal working hours.