A faster, re-engineered 80eight web — and now you can 88Pay anyone.
This release rebuilds the 80eight web app on a modern, more secure foundation and adds new ways to pay, see your balances, and get verified — with bigger things on the way.
What's new
- 88Pay to anyone. Send to any phone number — even someone who isn't on 80eight yet. They'll receive your payment and can claim it as soon as they sign up.
- See balances your way. Choose your display currency (USD/ZAR) across your wallet and the market, with your preference remembered between visits.
- Smoother identity verification. A more flexible verification experience that supports an additional provider, so getting verified is faster and more reliable.
Improvements
- Faster, cleaner buy/sell with more accurate balances and pricing (and sensible fallbacks when market data is briefly unavailable).
- A tidier transaction history and quality-of-life polish across the app.
Security & trust
- Strengthened account security and data protection across payments and wallets, including stronger two-factor protection on sensitive actions.
Coming soon
We're putting the finishing touches on a major expansion, rolling out shortly:
- Business Suite — dedicated business accounts and wallets.
- Accept payments — in-store point-of-sale and shareable payment links, with scan-to-pay.
- Business ZAR8 yield — earn yield on your business ZAR8.
(These are not yet switched on — watch this space.)
Behind the scenes
- Re-engineered on a modern TypeScript foundation and the v2 platform API, with expanded automated testing and new, more reliable hosting.