This is How much FNB customers spent on Netflix and Mr D Food

Dennis TApril 19, 2021

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FNB has seen a big upsurge in customer spending on home delivery, video and music streaming apps in the time since South Africa’s COVID-19 lockdown first started. The increase has led to a boom in the usage of platforms like Mr D Food, Netflix, Showmax, iTunes, and Spotify, the bank said.

FNB Card CEO Chris Labuschagne said that individual customers were not necessarily spending more on any of the categories, but that more users across its base were buying the services.

“There is clearly a significant shift in consumers’ appetites and choices, based on where people choose to spend their money,” Labuschagne said.

“As part of our journey to support customers in their money management journey, our trusted platform capabilities are scaling quickly as we expect digital adoption to continue,” he added.

The bank told MyBroadband that its customers spent R841 million on video streaming subscriptions over the last year, a 78% increase over the R471 million spent in 2019.
The popularity of streaming platforms like Netflix, Showmax, and Amazon Prime increased significantly since the start of lockdown.

The average number of the bank’s customers who paid for subscriptions on each of these services increased as follows:

Netflix – 64% increase
Showmax – 78% increase
Amazon Prime – 50% increase
Spend on music streaming services surged 44% over the last year, climbing from R635 million in 2019 to R915 million in 2020.

iTunes, Spotify, and YouTube Music were the major benefactors of this increase. iTunes saw a modest 18% growth per month on average, while Spotify spend increased by 83%.

YouTube Music was the biggest winner with a massive 188% jump. The increase was attributed to customers being migrated from the Google Play Music service.

In terms of home delivery, FNB data showed that the Uber app was still the most used delivery app. However, Mr D Food recorded the biggest increase in usage – with 140% higher spending on the service.

The number of FNB customers using Mr D Food had also grown 98% between March 2020 and March 2021.

Interestingly, there was no major change in the average amount that each customer spent on take-out food before versus after the start of lockdown. Overall, home delivery totals decreased from R18.6 billion to R13.8 billion, which FNB contributed to the closure of restaurants.

In other news – Moshe Ndiki finally launch his own eatery

Moshe Ndiki is excited about a new project and his opening his own eatery called Moshe’s Kitchen – The media personality took to social media to share that he is launching the eatery on 16 April.