SASSA Change Banking Details 2025

For SASSA Change banking details is a crucial step if you have changed your bank information. Hence, it involves correct provision of information including your personal information and SASSA bank account details .

The South African Social Security Agency SASSA provides one of the biggest financial support to the under-privileged citizens of South Africa. Social Relief of Distress also known as SRF R350 was started during the COVID-19 pandemic to help the sufferers. Observing its benefits, government categorized it and made it permanent.

To receive your grant promptly, one must have updated and active bank account. Its very convenient to change  banking details online

If you are looking to change or update your banking details, you are at right place. We’ll guide step by step to change your banking details for r350 in less than 3 minutes, online. After updating your srd r350 grant banking details, your sassa application will be reviewed by national agency to ensure your monthly disbursement on time.

If your SASSA status check is approved and ticked green, you are an active beneficiary of 350 grant. Your SASSA Online application would have updated you for your pending banking details.

 You would follow the same steps to change your online payment gateway details either its an application for old age pensioner, disabled,foster child, grant-in-aid, war-veteran, care dependent or Relief of Distress (SRD). Important thing is you must not have applied for any other Social Relief Grants or UIF benefits previously

To change banking details for Srd r350 SASSA in 2025, one must follow step-by-step guide to avoid any inconvenience and application declination.

srd.sassa.gov.za Banking Details

If you are a personal bank account holder, you may edit or change the following information:

If you are not a bank account holder, you can update or change your Payment method.

SASSA SRD will undergo its important verifications for the changes and once done, you will receive confirmatory email. You can now check your Sassa status online after updating your new banking details.

Alternatively if you have weak internet and unable to check your SASSA status online, you can check it via Sms. 

• Simple, you would enter your ID number into text message box
• Send it to 082 046 8553 
• Wait to receive a reply if your SRD Grant Results

082 046 8553 is an official virtual number of South African Social Security Agency to check the R350 Status. Just save this number in your WhatsApp as Sassa Status Check Whatsapp number.

To check your status, WhatsApp them your name, surname and ID number and get your updated SASSA status check for R350 payment.

0800 60 1011 is Toll- free official number of SASSA social grant. You can call them for any inquiries regarding your appeal for R350, r370 payment dates, banking details, payment dates and status updates.

1. Simply dial 0800 60 1011 from your SASSA registered phone number
2.  Provide your South African ID Number and registered mobile number
3. Answer the few verification questions by an automated prompts
4. Receive your Sassa OTP Code and ensure the One Time Password is not visible to anyone in surroundings.
5. Now you can receive your SASSA Application status on your phone.
6. You will also receive a confirmatory SMS showing your SASSA Application status. You could easily receive your grants from the preferred money method you have already selected during the SRD application.

After changing the bank details, SASSA undergoes various methods to confirm the no-fraud risk for the applicant. The process takes about 7-10 working days to verify and cross-check the provided information and validation process of updated bank details of beneficiary.

According to SRD SASSA Banking Details verification update 2025 ,srd sassa gov za has introduced  a new feature of Face recognition of beneficiary is introduced to validate the identity of SRD R350 beneficiary. So, one must have active camera on their phones or laptops before applying for 

• Beneficiary’s First name, Last name and Identification number (ID) are verified and confirmed from Department of Home Affairs.
• SASSA status check beneficiary’s ID number is also validated against UIF, NSFAS, SARS approved data bases that are used to confirm identity verification of client.
• Provide correct SASSA SRD registered mobile number while updating srd sassa banking details and linking it. Client’s phone number is also cross-referenced with provided mobile phone number on approved data bases.
• Beneficiary will receive the update about sassa srd status check changing bank details based on validation and scoring of authentication. Updated bank details sassa would be approved or declined/failed SASSA check.

If your identity verification fails and banking details are declined, don’t mess up.

• You will reapply and appeal for reconsideration of your SASSA application
• Just make sure you enter the correct information this time.
• Correct information includes exact ID number, name, registered mobile phone number that matches UIF data and information in Department of Home Affairs.

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