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Sparkasse replaces S-ID-Check for online card payments
Sparkasse is replacing the S-ID-Check app used to confirm many online card purchases with its S-pushTAN app.
The change affects Sparkassen-Card holders and customers with Sparkasse credit cards in Germany.
The confirmation is part of 3-D-Secure, a security check intended to help ensure the person paying is the cardholder.
Customers must register their cards in S-pushTAN; simply installing the app is not enough.
Shutdown dates differ by Sparkasse: some say the old app will stop working at the end of 2026, while another gives 31 January 2027.
Without completing the switch, customers may find that online purchases requiring confirmation are declined, but their cards will still work in shops and at cash machines.
Customers who use chipTAN or do not use online banking can also register, with some receiving activation details by post.
Sparkasse warns customers to watch for fake messages that exploit the change.
Sparkasse customers must move online card payment approvals from S-ID-Check to the S-pushTAN app.
The old app is being phased out, and customers who do not switch may have online card payments declined when extra confirmation is required.
Sources give different end dates: some say the service ends at the end of 2026, while others say it will continue until 31 January 2027.
The change affects Sparkassen-Card, Sparkassen credit cards and Kreditkarte Basis.
Customers can register their cards through online banking or, in some cases, by using chipTAN and receiving details by post.
- Who
- Sparkasse customers who use cards for online payments.
- What
- They need to register their cards for approvals through the S-pushTAN app, which is replacing S-ID-Check.
- When
- Sources give differing deadlines: the end of 2026 or 31 January 2027.
- Where
- For online card payments in Germany.
- Why
- The app provides an additional confirmation intended to help ensure that the cardholder, rather than a person using stolen card details, is paying.
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Sparkasse stopped accepting new registrations for S-ID-Check, according to DerWesten.
The German Savings Banks and Giro Association announced that online card payments would run only through S-pushTAN from the end of January 2027, according to Berliner Kurier.
DerWesten says S-ID-Check will end, while Berliner Kurier reports that Berliner Sparkasse gave this as the date its app support would end.
Sparkasse Hannover gives this as the date until which the old app will work, according to Berliner Kurier.
- Replacement app
- S-pushTAN
- Old app
- S-ID-Check
- Affected cards
- Sparkassen-Card, Sparkassen credit card and Kreditkarte Basis
- Berlin deadline
- End of 2026
- Hannover deadline
- 31 January 2027
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Ende 2026 wird der Support der S-ID-Check-App eingestellt.