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Pay your DiscoveryCard by debit order and never miss a payment

You can choose to pay a set amount into your DiscoveryCard by debit order every month. This way you don’t need to worry about making your payments every month or your account going into arrears because you miss a payment.

How a direct debit order payment works

Your selected bank account is automatically debited every month with a set amount and your DiscoveryCard is credited with that amount.

You can select if you want to pay the minimum, full or fixed amount each month.

• Full: the full amount is the total amount outstanding on your DiscoveryCard.
• Minimum: this is the minimum amount you need to pay on your DiscoveryCard – it is shown on your DiscoveryCard statement every month. This amount varies from month to month.
• Fixed: you can choose a certain amount to be debited from your account. The fixed amount must be more than your minimum payment required.

Your debit order will go through on the payment due date on your DiscoveryCard statement.

How to set up a direct debit order

All you have to do to get the debit order form is to log on to www.discovery.co.za and select ‘Your DiscoveryCard‘, ‘Pay your account‘, and ‘Direct debit order”.

You can then select ‘request form‘ and we will send it to you. Please fax the completed form to 011 539 2273.

After we receive your completed form, your debit order will be active within 14 days.