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TODAY'S CHILD

With security top
of mind in public
spaces, particularly in
the education sector
where there are

hundreds of children
and parents accessing
the premises daily,

making schools
cashless seems like
a no-brainer. That’s
what prompted the
development of Karri.

THE CASHLESS

SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT

arri is a mobile payment app that
has helped remove millions in
cash from school grounds through
Ksecure, trackable online transfers.
This innovative school payment app was
developed to remove the need for cash
at schools, ultimately making learning
environments safer for students and
teachers alike.

Powered by Nedbank, Karri is the
only app in the school space that can
provide a school with an all-inclusive,
comprehensive financial management
system with features such as being able to
download class lists to Excel, and options
to create payment collections. It has made
paying fast and easy. Parents can now
pay for stationery, textbooks or school
fees, as well as all those extras, from
civvies days, to sports tours and outings. Karri CEO, Doug Hoernle Karri app

The app is 100% free for parents and a safer environment for both teachers painful reconciliations. By using Karri, you
can be used for any and every school and students, the app also reduces the not only save hundreds of hours annually
payment. You can simply download the administrative burden of managing cash. in time but also in money.”
app for free onto your smartphone, create
a login and make an instant payment to Karri CEO, Doug Hoernle, says removing Karri is completely free for parents to
your school from your MasterCard or Visa the stress of large amounts of cash from use, they simply download the app on
Credit Card. premises where there are hundreds of their smartphone, create a login and start
children is a logical solution. “On paper, making payments to the school. They
You can also store funds in your Karri this may be the case, but it can be a will receive notifications when there is
wallet to make sure you never miss a daunting thought for any financial team to an upcoming payment, along with the
payment again. And you can programme it step away from what they know and swap details of the collection and the option to
to send you a reminder if you forget about over to a totally cashless system. But with add a reminder to the calendar on their
a payment, as well as add all events to Karri, creating a cash-free environment smartphone. And with a built-in chat
your calendar, straight from the Karri app. does not have to be such a mammoth feature and a dedicated support team,
task for the school’s financial team,” parents always have access to assistance
So far, the school payment app has he explains. He says for schools, there should they need help.
helped move nearly 1 000 schools away are also no hidden costs with Karri. “It’s
from cash and onto the online, cash-free, time to wave goodbye to your credit card For more information about Karri,
safe and secure system. Whilst creating machine, hefty bank deposit fees and visit: www.karri.co.za
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