
South Africa · Mobile wallet
Works with Moreta Pay
Pay SnapScan codes without a South African bank
Yes. Moreta Pay lets visitors pay SnapScan codes in South Africa without a South African bank account. Add money from the bank or card you already have, scan the SnapScan code at the counter and slide to pay in South African rand. The merchant is paid the same way as when a local scans it.

The network
What is SnapScan?
SnapScan is a South African QR payment app, powered by Standard Bank and managed by FireID Payments. Customers scan the merchant’s SnapCode at the counter and pay with a linked card.
- Country
South Africa
- Currency
- South African rand (ZAR)
- Type
- Mobile wallet
- Run by
- Standard Bank
- How locals pay
- They open the SnapScan app and scan the code
- With Moreta
- Pay it from your Moreta balance

How to spot it
A SnapCode at the counter: a QR code, often on a small perspex or metal stand.
Can tourists pay SnapScan?
SnapScan takes some international cards, but only through its own app and only when the card has 3D Secure switched on, so it’s hit and miss for visitors.
Moreta closes that gap. It pays the SnapScan code itself, from a balance you top up with your own bank, card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, and converts at the live rate at the moment you pay. One flat fee, shown before you slide to pay.
Card or cash
- A foreign transaction fee on most cards
- Your bank's rate, or the terminal's worse one
- ATM fees from your bank and the operator
- Leftover South African rand to change back
Moreta
- One flat fee, shown before you slide to pay
- The live rate at the moment you pay
- No ATM and no card to hand over
- What you do not spend stays for the next country
How to pay a SnapScan code
Set Moreta up once, at home or on the plane. After that, paying a SnapScan code in South Africa is a scan and a slide.
Costs, limits and tips
Paying in South Africa
- Transaction fee
- 1.5%per payment, at the live rateEvery fee
- Exchange rate today
- 16.50ZARfor 1 USDLive rate, updated recentlyCompare rates
- Max payment
- 52,500ZARabout 3,180 USD
- Weekly limit
- 105,000ZARabout 6,360 USD
The app always shows the live rate and the exact cost before you pay.
Guide updated
Local tips
- Look for the Zapper, SnapScan or Scan to Pay mark on the bill, the stand or the window.
- Keep a little cash for car guards, township tours and rural markets.
- Load shedding can knock out a merchant's signal. If a scan stalls, the app tells you before anything is charged.
Keep exploring
Other ways to pay in South Africa
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ZapperMobile wallet
EasyPayMobile walletThe South Africa guideFees, tips and every network in South Africa
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SnapScan questions
What visitors ask before paying SnapScan in South Africa.
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Activate your Moreta Pay account before your trip
Set up Moreta, add money and land in South Africa ready to scan. No cash to change, no card to worry about, and one flat fee at the live rate on every payment.
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