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Card Security Week kicks off with FNB and Visa

By Stuart Alderson-Smith As we move further and further into the digital age, more and more financial transactions occur online. Whilst this is a terrific convenience for the consumer, it naturally opens a new avenue for fraudsters to gain access to your...

Published 14 Oct 2009 14:40 by Shine2010

Filed under: 2010 World Cup, FNB, Visa, Fraud, Card Security Week, Protection
Kuduzelas to ring out at 2010 Stadiums

By Stuart Alderson-Smith The vuvuzela has a challenger – the Kuduzela. This new football icon has been jointly launched by FNB and South African National Parks (SANParks), and it is hoped that this item will virtually replace the vuvuzela as the...

Published 15 Jul 2009 11:28 by Shine2010

Filed under: FNB, vuvuzela, 2010 FIFA world Cup, 2010 stadiums, traditional kudu horn, Kuduzela, SANParks
Second World Cup ticketing phase underway

Be quick and you have a chance! The second ticketing phase for the 2010 FIFA World Cup started on Monday, 4 May 2009 at noon. Approximately 100,000 tickets will be made available for this phase, excluding the two semi-finals and the final (matches 61...

Published 4 May 2009 6:00 by Shine2010

Filed under: FIFA, 2010 World Cup, South Africa, ticket sales, tickets, FNB, ticket collection, second sales phase
FIFA Ticketing Centre open

Getting your tickets to the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup matches, which start in 43 days, just got a whole lot easier. The country’s first FIFA Ticketing Centre opens its doors today in Sandton, Johannesburg. On Monday ticketing centres in the other...

Published 1 May 2009 17:08 by Shine2010

Filed under: FIFA, 2010 World Cup, South Africa, 2009 Confederations cup, ticket sales, FNB, ticketing centre, Johannesburg
D-Day for first-phase applications!

Today is a red-letter day if yours was one of the 1,635,136 ticket applications FIFA received in the first-round ticket applications for next year’s 2010 FIFA World Cup. Today is the ticket draw for the first group of applicants! All the applications...

Published 15 Apr 2009 10:37 by Shine2010

Filed under: FIFA, 2010 World Cup, South Africa, random selection draw, ticket applications, FNB
Save now to score in 2010

With little over 12 months until kick-off, how World Cup ready are you? No doubt, with South Africa’s shocking savings culture, many people will be left disappointed come June 2010 because they haven’t fully sized-up what they are in for when...

Published 2 Apr 2009 9:42 by Shine2010

Filed under: South Africa, tickets, FNB, accommodation, 2010 FIFA world Cup, tips to save money, Flights, Saving Money, Rainbow Nation, Money saving tips
FIFA Confederations Cup 2009: 6 Steps to buy a ticket

Have you applied for your FIFA Confederations Cup tickets yet? No? It’s not just a pleasure and a privilege to watch this great international event on home turf; but a chance for South Africans to rally together to make Bafana’s home advantage...

Published 18 Mar 2009 14:17 by Shine2010

Filed under: FIFA, Confederations Cup, Confed Cup, tickets, FNB
Low income earners benefit the most from 2010 FIFA World Cup tickets competition

First National Bank (FNB) the official supporter of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, has continued to bring the spectacular football showcase closer to the people of South Africa who would not have ordinarily been able to purchase tickets. To date 5 000 tickets...

Published 17 Mar 2009 11:06 by Shine2010

Filed under: FIFA, 2010, World Cup, South Africa, FNB, world cup tickets, ticket competition
100 Days to Confed Cup!

With the Confederations Cup just 100 days away preparations for the tournament have entered its crucial phase. “Now it's only about delivery. We cannot move the kick-off, we can't say 'sorry, there's going to be a delay,” stressed...

Published 5 Mar 2009 6:00 by Shine2010

Filed under: FIFA, Confederations Cup, 2010, World Cup, FNB, Ellis Park, Stadiums, Jerome Valcke
Frenzy for 2010 tickets around the world

There was a global scramble for 2010 FIFA World Cup tickets as soon as the online ticket portal on www.FIFA.com got underway on 20 February at 13h00 South African time. Twenty-four hours after the online tickets went on sale; applications from 128 countries...

Published 11 Feb 2009 9:02 by Shine2010

Filed under: FIFA, 2010, World Cup, South Africa, FNB, Danny Jordaan, Organising Committee, 2010 tickets
The bank with the biggest, and most, balls in the World

FNB is attempting to set a Guinness World Record by amassing 150 000 soccer balls in one place over two days. Dubbed the FNB Save to Score Challenge, the Bank’s stab at the record-breaking achievement flows from its association with the 2010 FIFA...

Published 15 Jul 2008 16:56 by Shine2010

Filed under: 2010 World Cup, FNB, Guinness World Record, 150 000 soccer balls, FNB Save to Score Challenge
June stadium update

Perhaps the most resonant symbols of South Africa’s preparations for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ are our stadiums, which have taken a preeminent position in the nation’s imagination. The timely completion of stadiums will go further than...

Published 4 Jul 2008 13:45 by Shine2010

Filed under: 2010 World Cup, FNB, Shine 2010, Stadium
Soccer City on track to be SA soccer's jewel

The renovation and upgrade of Soweto’s Soccer City stadium is expected to be completed in May 2009 – five months ahead of FIFA’s deadline. This is according to Gauteng Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation minister Barbara Creecy, who...

Published 12 Jun 2008 15:48 by Shine2010

Filed under: 2010 World Cup, FNB, Soccer City, SoccerCity
SA Tourism partners with FNB to recognise service excellence in the industry

South African Tourism’s Welcome Awards 2008 – an initiative to celebrate service and hosting-excellence in the tourism industry – recently received a major boost with the injection of R1.5m from FNB. “We are very excited about...

Published 8 May 2008 17:40 by Shine2010

Filed under: 2010 World Cup, FNB, South African Tourism Welcome Awards