WhatsApp-first financial services

Your salary. Your wallet. Your phone.

Gcina is a trusted money and employment layer for South African households: wages paid cleanly, records kept safely, and practical financial services built around real work.

Open prototype See what is being built
3 min worker-led onboarding path
R0 fee-free wallet principle
SA built for informal work realities
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Gcina wallet
Secure pilot mode
Available today
R 4 752
Pay Top up Cash out
June salary from the Brand family landed in your wallet.
Paid to Grace. Ref GC000042.
Payslip, UIF record, and cover status saved safely.

A dignity-first wedge into financial services.

Gcina means "to preserve" or "to keep safely." The product starts with the employment relationship, then earns the right to offer insurance, credit, airtime, and cash-out services.

Salary rails

Employers set up clear salary payments, payslips, and records workers can rely on.

Wallet layer

Money lands in a simple wallet with pay, request, top-up, airtime, and cash-out flows.

Cover and credit

Insurance and salary-linked advances sit behind the wallet, with partner and regulatory boundaries kept explicit.

Referral growth

Workers invite employers and peers through trusted WhatsApp relationships, not cold advertising.

Two people, one shared record.

The platform is designed around both sides of the relationship, so payments and paperwork become mutual confidence instead of admin friction.

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For Esther

The worker gets paid into her phone, keeps a record of work, and builds a financial profile over time.

  • Salary, wallet, payslip, and UIF history in one place
  • Cover and responsible credit unlocked through real payment behaviour
  • WhatsApp sharing for the networks she already trusts
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For Danielle

The employer gets simpler compliance, clean records, and a reliable way to support the people who run the home.

  • Salary setup, contracts, and contributions handled from a guided flow
  • Clear records for payments, references, and work history
  • Less awkward follow-up, more trust on payday

Now building

Closed pilot first. Public trust later.

The live Gcina app is being shaped through core-team dogfooding. This holding page keeps the public story calm while the wallet, partner rails, and regulatory posture harden.

Open prototype
Prototype live Wallet, pay, top-up, cash-out, product tiles, and pilot flows are in active iteration.
Partner rails next Voucher, credit, insurance, and cash-out integrations are being staged behind clean feature flags.
Market entry after trust gates Gcina moves outward only when the product, compliance stance, and support model can carry real households.