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Fintech can bridge the gap in SA's township and rural economy

Banking & Finance

Fintech can bridge the gap in SA's township and rural economy

12 Dec 2024

3 technological advancements SMEs need to leverage

SMEs

3 technological advancements SMEs need to leverage

Issued by Business Partners Limited 26 Nov 2024

Source: Supplied. Privesan Naidoo; Executive: Trading Product VP (card and payments) at Nedbank.

Banking

Cards and contactless payments set to grow as the preferred way to spend this holiday season

Privesan Naidoo 25 Nov 2024

Earn crypto rewards when using Luno Pay at Pick n Pay stores

Banking & Finance

Earn crypto rewards when using Luno Pay at Pick n Pay stores

18 Nov 2024

SA's township economy: where e-commerce meets opportunity and challenge

E-commerce

SA's township economy: where e-commerce meets opportunity and challenge

31 Oct 2024

Pictures: Aida Diarra, senior vice president and head of sub-Saharan Africa at Visa with Clayton Hayward, group CEO of EFTCorp. Together they have formed a five year partnership to enhance financial inclusion in Africa (Image supplied)

Fintech

Visa invests $1bn to grow financial inclusion in Africa, partners with EFTCorp

28 Oct 2024

Digitalisation: A game changer for sub-Saharan Africa's informal merchants

Informal Retailing

Digitalisation: A game changer for sub-Saharan Africa's informal merchants

25 Oct 2024

Source: Supplied.

Finance

Visa and littlefish launch digital revolution for African small businesses

18 Oct 2024

Source: Supplied. Sergio Barbosa, chief information officer of Global Kinetic, and chief executive officer of FutureBank.

Banking

Why haven’t SA banks done more with DeFi, CBDCs & crypto?

10 Oct 2024

The cashless revolution in SA's R750bn township economy

Banking & Finance

The cashless revolution in SA's R750bn township economy

8 Oct 2024

Source: Supplied. Ferdinand Ngon Kemoum, group chief executive officer, Orabank Group and Reda Helal, group managing director – processing, Africa and co-head group processing, Network International.

Fintech

Digital payment leap: Orabank teams up with Network International

2 Oct 2024

How innovative payment solutions are shaping South Africa’s retail sector

Banking & Finance

How innovative payment solutions are shaping South Africa’s retail sector

Shaun Holley & Rory Bosman 30 Sep 2024

Source: Reuters.

Fintech

India payments authority eyes Africa, S. America for digital payment push, official says

Jaspreet Kalra 25 Sep 2024

The Finternet: A new global financial system could be closer than we think

Fintech

The Finternet: A new global financial system could be closer than we think

Briana Marbury, Issued by Semaphore Communications 19 Sep 2024

LG offers direct sales with Payfast by Network

Sales

LG offers direct sales with Payfast by Network

10 Sep 2024

Micro-merchants embrace digital wallets to reduce cash-related risks and costs

Banking & Finance

Micro-merchants embrace digital wallets to reduce cash-related risks and costs

29 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied. Peach Payments has appointed Uways Kureeman as country head in Mauritius, allowing Sandeep Chagger to move fully into the group COO role he accepted in February.

Financial Services

Uways Kureeman named Peach Payments’ Mauritius head

22 Aug 2024

Cashless payments are trickling into South Africa's informal economy

Mobile & Apps

Cashless or not? Exploring the future of digital payments in Africa

Chipo Mushwana 21 Aug 2024

The digitisation of payments in South African agribusiness

Agriculture

The digitisation of payments in South African agribusiness

Karl Blom, Lerato Niklaas, Kenan Petersen and David Donkor 23 Jul 2024

Dentsu drives innovation in African financial services

Digital

Dentsu drives innovation in African financial services

Issued by Dentsu 9 Jul 2024

Source: Spenda.

Financial Services

Spenda drives financial inclusion with Scan to Pay

20 Jun 2024

Payfast, the e-commerce payment platform, rebrands as Payfast by Network

Fintech

Payfast, the e-commerce payment platform, rebrands as Payfast by Network

9 May 2024

Cash finds itself 'virtually' out of fashion

Banking & Finance

Cash finds itself 'virtually' out of fashion

Nicola Allen 11 Apr 2024

Image supplied. The SpendTrend 2024 report, a collaboration between Discovery Bank and Visa analyses credit card spending behaviour to understand consumer spending habits

Research

SpendTrend 2024: Resilient South Africans adapt to challenging economic conditions

Danette Breitenbach 9 Apr 2024

Trends

Study reveals annual cost of financial crime compliance totals $85bn in EMEA

5 Apr 2024

Research

20 key trends from VML's Tomorrow’s Commerce report

28 Mar 2024

Safaricom dominates Ethiopia mobile money with M-Pesa

Telecoms & Networks

M-Pesa Safaricom, Onafriq ink deal to boost Ethiopian remittances

20 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied. Visa has partnered with the renowned Egyptian football legend Mohamed Salah who is now a Visa ambassador for the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa.

Fintech

#MoSalahxVisa: Visa strikes partnership with new brand ambassador Mo Salah

18 Mar 2024

Source: LinkedIn.

Financial Services

Mastercard & MTN partner to advance financial inclusion and SME growth in Africa

15 Mar 2024

6 e-commerce trends to watch out for in Africa in 2024

Trends

6 e-commerce trends to watch out for in Africa in 2024

Natasha Parmanand 5 Feb 2024

Source: Chipo Mushwana, executive of emerging innovation at Nedbank Retail.

Finance

The importance of taking a uniquely African approach to digital banking and payments

29 Jan 2024

Challenges and opportunities in the age of digital transformation

Exhibitions & Events

Challenges and opportunities in the age of digital transformation

10 Jan 2024

African businesses must ensure they benefit from evolving online payments

Banking & Finance

African businesses must ensure they benefit from evolving online payments

7 Dec 2023

Capitec unveils top trends in consumer purchases over Black Friday weekend

Banking & Finance

Capitec unveils top trends in consumer purchases over Black Friday weekend

1 Dec 2023

How payment technology has revolutionised opportunities for companies

Banking & Finance

How payment technology has revolutionised opportunities for companies

28 Nov 2023

Source: Supplied.

Fintech

Payfast's inaugural 2023 report unveils SA's digital payment landscape

16 Nov 2023

Onafriq (formerly MFS Africa) founder and CEO Dare Okoudjou

Services

MFS Africa clears confusion and rebrands to Onafriq

2 Nov 2023

Source: Supplied. Paul Carter-Brown, Ukheshe’s co-founder and chief technology officer.

Fintech

Ukheshe and Komuniti SA join forces to revolutionise digital-banking accessibility

24 Oct 2023

Banking

Visa study: Overconfidence exposes consumers to fraud risk

18 Oct 2023

Source: Supplied. Nandan Mer, chief executive officer of Network International Group.

Fintech

Network International's R500m on-soil platform goes live

12 Oct 2023

Source: DCStudio via

Travel

How online payments are making it easier than ever to visit SA

13 Oct 2023

Small SA businesses display resilience: Key findings from Mastercard's latest SME Confidence Index

Research Reports

Small SA businesses display resilience: Key findings from Mastercard's latest SME Confidence Index

27 Sep 2023

Fintech

WhatsApp's smartphone changes poised to disrupt global banking services

Katja Hamilton 27 Sep 2023

Taxation & Regulation

The deal that's driving tax-compliance transformation in SA's taxi industry

Katja Hamilton 26 Sep 2023

The retail payments gold mine: The alchemy of data into growth

Banking & Finance

The retail payments gold mine: The alchemy of data into growth

14 Sep 2023

Source: Supplied.

Financial Services

Stitch's WigWag is here: no-code payment solutions for SMEs

12 Sep 2023

Source: Supplied. TymeBank chief executive officer, Coen Jonker.

Banking

TymeBank offers free real-time interbank payments for 7.6 million customers

29 Aug 2023

The secret life of successful businesses and entrepreneurs

Community

The secret life of successful businesses and entrepreneurs

Issued by NSBC.Africa 18 Aug 2023

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Informal Retailing

Small-scale retailers will need to adapt to survive and thrive

25 Jul 2023