Please read these terms and conditions of use carefully before registering on, and using, our personal and business internet banking services and/or mobile app.
You should only use Internet Banking and/or the Mobile App (as applicable) if you agree with these User Terms. When you click to accept the User Terms, you will be legally bound by these User Terms. We recommend that you print a copy of these User Terms for your records or alternatively you may ask us for a copy of these User Terms at any time.
Your use of the Online Banking and Mobile App Services is governed by this Agreement.
This Agreement is in addition to the terms and conditions relating to your Swaziland Building Society (SBS) account(s) or any other SBS service channels or products used by you.
If there is a dispute about the Service, this Agreement will apply. If there is a dispute about your SBS account, other service channels or products, the terms and conditions applicable to those will apply.
Word |
Meaning |
SBS |
Swaziland Building Society |
Access Codes |
Any of your secret numbers used to access our banking facilities, including your personal identification number (PIN) or one-time PIN (OTP), card numbers, passwords, user names or email address. |
Account and Terms |
Any account or portfolio, including a any card linked to such account, opened at your request by us in your name, or for which you are responsible including the terms and conditions of your account. |
App Store and Mobile App |
Your Device’s application store provided by, for example Apple, Android or Huawei, as is applicable to you, from which you download the Mobile App. This includes the Mobile App which will be used to access mobile banking. |
Banking |
Shall mean both cell phone and digital banking, including but not limited to any device that may be used for the banking services |
Card |
Any card linked to your account. |
Device |
The device you use to access Mobile App Banking such as a cellphone, smartphone and/or tablet or any similar technology. |
Intellectual Property |
Without limitation, is all inventions, specifications, patents, designs, trademarks, service marks, trade names; copyright, including all copyright in any logos, devices, designs, multimedia works and computer software programs (in both source and object code form, and including any programmers’ or developers’ notes, flow charts, memoranda and design documents); rights protecting goodwill and reputation; proprietary material, know-how, ideas, concepts, trade secrets, methods, techniques, graphics; schematics; marketing; sales and user data; domain names and URLs; databases and rights in databases, confidential information and all other intellectual property rights and rights of a similar character whether registered or capable of registration, rights in the nature of any of the above items whether registered or unregistered in any country or jurisdiction and all applications and rights to apply for protection of any of the same. |
Intellectual Property Rights |
All rights in and to Intellectual Property are for the SBS. |
Jailbroken Device |
Refers to a Device that has been hacked to gain access to areas of the Device that users are prohibited from accessing/ handling, usually to unlock the Device to install programs which cannot be installed on the Device or for use with another cellular network, or both. |
Laws |
Means all national laws and any other instruments having a force of law relating to the activities covered by these terms |
OTP |
A One-Time Pin which you will receive to validate your transaction, and which is valid for one transaction only. |
Personal Information |
Information about an identifiable natural person and or where applicable, a juristic person, including but not limited to information about race, gender, sex, marital status, nationality, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age; physical or mental health; well-being; disability; religion; conscience; belief; culture; language; birth; education; medical, financial; criminal or employment history; any identifying number; symbol, email, postal or physical address, telephone number; location; any online identifier; any other particular assignment to the person; biometric information; personal opinions; views or preferences of the person or the views or opinions of another individual about the person; correspondence sent by the person that is implicitly or explicitly of a private or confidential nature; or further correspondence that would reveal the contents of the original correspondence; and the name of the person if it appears with other personal information relating to the person or if the disclosure of the name itself would reveal information about the person.
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Prepaid Purchases |
The purchase of goods and services, including airtime and electricity, and any other goods and services offered by third-party service providers. |
Product Terms |
Terms and conditions and/or policy documents specific to the product or services that apply to your Account, Card and Transaction. |
Profile |
The profile that is created when you log onto Online Banking for the first time that reflects certain products and services you have with us. |
Transaction |
Any debit or credit on your Account made with or without using the Mobile App, including payments for goods or services, deposits, inter-account transfers, ePocket transactions, Prepaid Purchases, withdrawals or use of any banking facilities available on Online Banking and Mobile App that we can action on your instruction. Transact has a similar meaning. Transactions are subject to their respective Product Terms. |
we, us, our |
Swaziland Building Society |
You or your |
The person who registered for Online Banking and Mobile App |
- You will have access to the Services once you accept the Agreement.
- Some Services have their own terms and conditions. To access and use these specific Services, you must read and accept the terms and conditions for those specific Services.
- You must register an online access account with SBS to use the services available via Internet Banking and/or the Mobile App ("Account"). You will receive your username when you open your bank account with us and we will also provide you with a temporary password, "magic word" and customer number to enable You to access the Account for the first time. We will send you an SMS to the mobile number you provided to us when you opened your bank account to confirm you are the correct customer.
- You must be at least 18 (eighteen) years old and be registered in the Kingdom of Eswatini to register an account with us. If you are creating a bank account where you are acting on behalf of a business, please ensure you have sought the necessary consent from the business before creating your account.
- You agree to keep your information accurate, complete, and current. You must never tell anyone else your username, password and other information required to access your account.
- You are responsible and liable for all activity on your account. It is your sole responsibility to monitor and control access to and use of your account including, if you are a business customer, any access to or use of your account (whether by way or internet banking and/or the mobile app or otherwise
- You must ensure that any instructions, information and/or data you submit using your account are correct.
- You may use Internet Banking on any computer, phone or tablet provided that device meets our minimum operating system standards.
- We do not guarantee that Internet Banking and/or the Mobile App will be jcompatible with all hardware and software that you may use.
- You may use Internet Banking to:
- view account balances and transactions
- transfer money between accounts;
- make payments to existing and new payees;
- view statements;
- manage your debit card
- change preferences; and
- receive messages
- Obtain Proof of payments
- You may use the Mobile App to:
- view account balances and transactions;
- transfer money between accounts;
- make payments to existing and new payees;
- manage Your debit card and
- receive messages
- obtain Proof of payments
You must:
- only uses the latest version of the Mobile App. The App Store will notify you of any updates that are available to you. If you do not install the latest version, the Mobile App may not function correctly and you may experience security and/or data flaws, for which we will not be liable under any circumstances;
- not access the Mobile App from a Jailbroken Device. SBS will not be responsible for the security of any of your accounts, or personal information or other data which you may provide on the Mobile App, should you access the Mobile App from a Jailbroken Device.
- learn how to use the Services and, if necessary, ask SBS for help;
- change immediately any temporary PIN and password that may be allocated by SBS to you;
- read and follow the security procedures published by SBS;
- ensure the safekeeping and confidentiality of your Access Credentials, and in particular ensure that your Access Credentials are not written down or kept where they can easily be discovered;
- ensure that only you or persons authorised by you have access to and are allowed to use the Services;
- inform us immediately if you become aware of or reasonably suspect any unauthorised access to, or compromise and/or use or loss, of your Access Credentials. You will need to go to SBS branch to obtain replacement Access Credentials;
- not cede or assign any of your rights under this Agreement without our prior written consent; and
- not operate or use the Services in any manner that may be prejudicial to us.
- we will accept that transactions performed using the Services with your username are performed or authorised by you unless you advise us to the contrary;
- we will debit the relevant SBS account with the amounts of all transactions carried out using the Services;
- any failure on your part to follow the recommended security procedures may result in a breach of the confidentiality of your Access Credentials and may lead to unauthorised transactions on your SBS account(s); and
- any software downloaded by you from the internet, and specifically our internet website, is third-party software, the licensing of which will be subject to such terms and conditions as the licenser of such software may impose.
- We are entitled to effect any transactions according to the information provided by you.
- We will not verify the numbers of the destination accounts, parties’ names or the amounts involved in any transaction nor will we match the destination account numbers with the parties’ names. If there is a discrepancy in any transaction between the number of the destination account and the name of the party concerned, the destination account number will prevail.
- Payments to other banks may take up to three (3) business days to be reflected in third-party accounts.
- Once we have processed a transaction performed by you using the Services, you will not be able to stop or amend the transaction or instruct us to reverse a transaction that has already been made, except as provided otherwise by law.
Except where damage or loss arises directly or indirectly from our wilful misconduct or gross negligence (or any person acting for or controlled by us), we will not be liable to you for any damage or loss that you may suffer because of:
- your use of the Services;
- any action taken in terms of clause 8 or 10;
- any person having gained unauthorised access to any information or data;
- transactions performed using the Services that fail;
- incorrect information having been given to us or to any person, including any credit bureau;
- delay or failure by us to process a transaction performed using the Services;
- malfunction, failure or unavailability of the Services;
- your failure to comply with any of your obligations or any banking and security procedures and requirements;
- destruction of any data, power failures or corruption of storage media;
- natural phenomena, riots, acts of vandalism, sabotage, terrorism or any other event beyond our control;
- interruption or distortion of communication links or reliance by any person on incorrect, illegible, inaudible, incomplete or inaccurate information or data contained in any instructions received by us;
- use, misuse, abuse or possession of any third-party software, including, without limitation, any operating system software, browser software or any other software packages or programs;
- breach of security;
- the failure of third-party facilities or systems;
- the inability of a third party to process a transaction;
- fraudulent, false or altered instructions given using the Services; and
- your breach of this Agreement.
- We retain our copyright in or licence to software and associated information and documents belonging to us and used in the provision of the Services and in respect of any logos, trademarks or Service marks used.
- You may not duplicate, reproduce or in any way tamper with the software and associated documents.
- In respect of third-party software, we are not a party to any licence agreement entered into by you and the licenser, and therefore provide no warranties relating to such software, including, without limitation, warranties relating to the suitability for a particular purpose, security features or performance. You acknowledge that the use of such software is at your own risk.
- Furthermore, you understand that the use of such third-party software may be illegal in jurisdictions outside Eswatini and/or may infringe on certain third-party intellectual property rights in such jurisdictions. You understand that, should you use any third-party software outside the boundaries of Eswatini, it will at all times be incumbent on you to ascertain the legality of such use and to obtain all necessary licences and permissions from the relevant parties
- For all purposes under this Agreement, the Parties choose the following addresses as their respective domicilia citandi et executandi: us: SBS Head Office, Mdada & Dzeliwe Streets, Mbabane; and you: the last known physical address supplied by you for any of your SBS accounts.
- Any legal notice to be served on any Party may be served at the address specified for such Party in this clause.
- Legal notices will be valid and effective only if given in writing and delivered by hand or prepaid registered post.
- If delivered by hand, the notice will be deemed to have been received on the date of delivery, provided it was delivered to a responsible person during ordinary business hours.
- If delivered by prepaid registered post, the notice will be deemed to have been received within seven days of the posting date, unless the contrary is proved.
- Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this clause, a written notice or other communication actually received by any Party will be adequate written notice or communication to such Party even if the notice was not sent to or delivered at the Party’s chosen address.
- A Party may by written notice to the other Party change its address for the purpose of this clause to any other address (other than a post office box number), provided that the change will become effective on the seventh business day after receipt of the notice.
- It is your responsibility to ensure that we are kept informed of any changes to your personal information, including address and contact details.
- You may terminate your use of these Services at any time without giving us notice.
- We may freeze, suspend, modify or restrict your access to these Services or terminate your access to these Services immediately at any time without prior notice to you due to, including but not limited to, the following circumstances:
- Our being compelled to do so by law.
- Our having reasonable suspicion that the Services are being used for illegal, unlawful or fraudulent purposes.
- Your conduct resulting in a breach of our regulatory obligations.
- We will give you reasonable prior notice if we want to freeze, suspend, modify or restrict your access to the Services or terminate your access to the Services due to, including but not limited to, the following circumstances, as determined at our sole discretion:
- Our being compelled to do so by law.
- Reputational risks or operational or business reasons.
- You no longer having a SBS account.
- You no longer qualifying for a SBS account according to our product specifications.
- You no longer qualifying for the Services.
- Your breaching this Agreement.
- Your breaching any other agreement with us.
- Your breaching any of the other service channel and/or product terms and conditions.
- Your doing anything (or allowing anything to be done) that we think may damage or affect the operation or security of the Services.
- If it becomes uneconomical or commercially impractical for us to provide any of the Services or if we are unable to continue to provide any of the Services, for whatever reason, we may terminate any of the Services on reasonable notice to you.
- We will give you information of comparable services.
- If you do not select an alternative service, we will be entitled to move you to a service that we identify as suitable for your needs.
- You give us consent to process your personal information in relation to your applications for financial products and/or services with us, subject to our privacy policies and within the parameters of applicable laws. The processing will include, without limitation, conducting affordability assessments, credit scorings and any other profile building, that can help us appropriately allocate a product or service offering that is suited to your needs. The consent will also extend to us processing your personal information as we may deem fit for your and/or our legitimate interest.
- You also give us the right to:
- collect your personal information from third parties when reasonably necessary and/or if it is impractical to collect the data directly from you;
- share your personal information with third parties if necessary, to provide financial products or services to you;
- process your personal information for purposes of complying with any legislative or regulatory requirements;
- transfer and/process your personal information outside Eswatini, where necessary, on condition that such transfer and/or processing is subject to applicable laws binding corporate rules or binding agreement; and
- process your special personal information (such as race, ethnic origin, biometric information or alleged criminal behaviour) only where necessary and subject to our privacy policies and applicable laws.
- SBS Mobile App accesses your device biometrics to enable login, contact book data to send proof of payments and for selecting ePocket (virtual wallet) beneficiaries when the App is in use.
- We keep all Intellectual Property Rights in and to the Online Banking and Mobile App, all content in it or sent to and from the Online Banking and Mobile App.
- We grant you a non-assignable, non-sub-licensable, non-transferable, non-exclusive license to use the Online Banking and Mobile App, which may include updates and/or upgrades. You will be asked to accept any additional terms through the Online Banking and Mobile App when they become applicable to you. The Online Banking and Mobile App is licensed to you for the purposes in these Terms only and for no other purposes. The Online Banking and Mobile App is licensed only to you and you will not grant any rights of use or any other rights in respect of the Online Banking and Mobile App or any Intellectual Property Rights in it to any other person.
- The licence granted to you will commence when you install the Online Banking and Mobile App and will continue until it is terminated in line with these Terms, which will result in the cancellation of your access to the Online Banking and Mobile App and/or the termination of your ability to use Online Banking and Mobile Banking. On termination of the license granted in these Terms for any reason, you must immediately stop all use of the Online Banking and Mobile App.
- You may not in any manner exploit the Online Banking and Mobile App for any commercial gain of any nature.
- Certain content available on the Online Banking and Mobile App may include content belonging to third parties. We may provide links to third-party websites as a convenience to you. You acknowledge that we are not responsible and/or liable for the following and/or its accuracy;
- all content belonging to third parties on the Online Banking and Mobile App;
- any content featured on the websites that are accessed via links found on the Online Banking and Mobile App.
- You may not copy, adapt, modify, alter, de-compile, reverse engineer, attempt to derive the source code of or create derivative works of, or otherwise attempt to reproduce the Online Banking and Mobile App, its contents, including any Intellectual Property therein, its design, any updates to the Online Banking and Mobile App and/or any proprietary features in relation to it, or any parts of it. This prohibition extends to any and all content belonging to third parties that is found on the Online Banking and Mobile App. You may not sub-license such third-party content, including Intellectual Property Rights associated with it.
- You may not establish a hyperlink, frame, metatag, similar reference, whether electronically or otherwise (collectively referred to a linking), or any other reference to the Online Banking and Mobile App.
- You indemnify us against all actions, claims, costs, demands, expenses and other liabilities suffered or incurred by us as a result of any third-party claims initiated and/or instituted against us relating to your unauthorized use of the Online Banking and Mobile App and/or any Intellectual Property Rights flowing from them.
- We may change the Agreement and we will give you notice of such changes.
- When you access the Services after the Agreement has been changed, you will need to accept the revised Agreement.
- If you do not agree to the changed Agreement, you may not access the Services.
For more information call the SBS Contact Centre on 2404 1313 or visit any of our branches or our website at www.sbs.co.sz.
- We have a complaint process that is available through the SBS Contact Centre, any SBS branch or at www.sbs.co.za.
- If you have a dispute or a complaint regarding your Services, you will need to send us a written statement setting out the dispute or the complaint. We undertake to investigate your dispute or complaint within a reasonable time, keep you informed during the investigation and provide you with a final written response.