South Africa’s financial regulators have published a draft declaration of crypto assets as a financial product under the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act...
The opportunities for mobile payments arrive at a pivotal time. African countries such as Nigeria and Ethiopia are now welcoming more investment in mobile...
Banks in Africa must provide mobile payments and other digital services to remain competitive as well as to unlock new business opportunities across sectors...
As South Africans embrace digital and mobile payments, Visa introduced Click to Pay, a payments solution with an online checkout that eliminates passwords, protects...
South Africa’s AuthGate - an enabler for digital payment – is planning to expand into The Netherlands and Belgium.
The FinTech startup founded in January...
South Africa’s AuthGate - an enabler for digital payment – is seeking to raise capital.
The self-funded startup seems to have found a winning formula...
As more and more transactions are performed digitally, less paper and coin money is needed - signalling the eventual disappearance of cash.
This is a...
Smartphones have replaced our cameras, notepads, and music playing devices. Now they’re on the verge of replacing our wallets as well.
Payment methods have largely...
by Gerhard Oosthuizen, chief information officer at Entersekt
With rapid smartphone penetration in South Africa boosting research and development, it is no surprise that local...
by Dominique Collett, head of AlphaCode, a Rand Merchant Investments club for fintech startup entrepreneurs
From digital banks to mobile-payment solutions, technology is set to...
PayU, the payments and FinTech business of Prosus, has invested a staggering $1 billion (R15.8 billion) on FinTech and mergers & acquisitions (M&A) globally...
South Africa’s largest online retailer, Takealot.com, reported on Monday a 41% jump in revenue to $238 million (R3.7 billion) in the six-months to end 30...
