Vouchers offer an alternative payment option for those who cannot qualify for a credit card but miss out on the autopay reward and the peace of mind knowing that if they don't top up their balance before renewal that autopay will kick in to pay for their service and avoid suspension.
However many public mobile customers don't have access to traditional banks credit/debit cards (visa/debit) such as newcomers to Canada (immigrants/refugees), international students, travellers, foreign students w/work visas and low income persons just to name a few examples. Koho an online bank that offers high interest savings, no bank account fees and visa/debit cards to all customers. Signing up online for a savings account with a koho visa/debit card is fast ( about 5 min) and easy and you can recieve your koho card in as little as 5 business days. Load it with as much or as little balance as you like, keep to locked in your app if you prefer and you can register it for autopay on public mobile to recieve the $2 reward.
Even better the koho card comes with "power-ups" additional savings on top of the 0.5% regular cashback on all purchases these can be obtained by referring friends and thru koho's merchant partners.....of which PUBLIC MOBILE is partnered adding an additional power up of 2.0%. This means you get a 2.5% cash back rate when you pay for your plan with a koho visa/debit card.
Additional info can be found online or in the koho app...
- PowerUps provide a credit of 0.5% on all settled authorizations.
- KOHO users can, at anytime, release accrued credits from within the app.
- KOHO reserves the right to end the promotion at any time, no less than 90 days from the initial implementation of PowerUps. Future authorizations or settled authorizations will not be eligible for PowerUps if and when KOHO has discontinued the promotion.
- Settled authorizations typically take 3-5 days to settle. KOHO is not responsible for merchant settlement policies or timelines.
- 100% of the settled authorization amount is eligible.
- PowerUps will not be accrued on any ATM withdrawal, E-transfer, KOHO transfer, Bill Payment or other non-purchase based transaction.
