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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)

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

Responsible innovation driving the future of cross-border payment in Africa

Responsible innovation driving the future of cross-border payment in Africa

28 Oct 2024

Huawei Cloud expands rapidly in SA, plans more solutions

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Karen Nadasen, chair of the Ecommerce Forum of South Africa and CEO of PayU. Source: Supplied

E-commerce, payments and unlocking the potential of the AfCFTA

24 Jun 2022

Why cybersecurity needs to tighten up as cryptocurrencies plummet

Why cybersecurity needs to tighten up as cryptocurrencies plummet

Dan Thornton 22 Jun 2022

Source: Supplied. Wim De Bruyn, Capitec chief information officer.

The top tech trends transforming digital banking

8 Jun 2022

Source: Vgrigas, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Mitigating risk in the main market is about more than just going cashless

Andrew Dawson 8 Jun 2022

Image source: RODNAE Productions from

UST's rise and fall... and why we need regulation in the crypto space

Lucinde Rhoodie and Kara Meiring 3 Jun 2022

Pandemic-founded tech startups receive R2.5m from AlphaCode

Pandemic-founded tech startups receive R2.5m from AlphaCode

3 Jun 2022

Fintech platform LifeCheq secures R40m Naspers investment

Fintech platform LifeCheq secures R40m Naspers investment

31 May 2022

Source: Supplied. Mathius Ruch, co-founder and chief executive officer of CV VC; Wesley Patrick, author of the inaugural African Blockchain Report and Gideon Greaves, managing director of CV VC Africa at Davos.

CV VC launches seed fund for African blockchain startups

30 May 2022

Digital trends shaping financial services

Digital trends shaping financial services

Nick Durrant, Bluegrass Digital 27 May 2022

Source: REUTERS. Central African Republic's President Faustin-Archange Touadera speaks during the annual gathering in New York City for the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, United States, September 21, 2021.

Central African Republic to launch Bitcoin investment platform

26 May 2022

Paymenow adds NetcarePlus and Discovery Health to its value-added service offering

Paymenow adds NetcarePlus and Discovery Health to its value-added service offering

16 May 2022

#EcomAfrica: Is Big Retail missing out by not delivering to townships?

#EcomAfrica: Is Big Retail missing out by not delivering to townships?

Katja Hamilton 13 May 2022

Digital wallets transaction value to grow by 60% by 2026 globally

12 May 2022

TCF regulation a win-win for SA customers and techcos

TCF regulation a win-win for SA customers and techcos

Diana Miguel 5 May 2022

Zapper introduces tap-on-phone merchant payments

Zapper introduces tap-on-phone merchant payments

4 May 2022

Blockchain paves the way for social good in Zambia

Blockchain paves the way for social good in Zambia

3 May 2022

Bitcoin adoption by Central African Republic baffles cryptoverse

Bitcoin adoption by Central African Republic baffles cryptoverse

29 Apr 2022

Unleashing the transformative power of mobile money

Unleashing the transformative power of mobile money

Ashley Olson Onyango 26 Apr 2022

Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44bn

Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44bn

Katja Hamilton 26 Apr 2022

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Aura and FNB team up to give customers access to instant emergency-response services

12 Apr 2022

SA's central bank to launch digital monetary unit?

Katja Hamilton 11 Apr 2022

Source: Supplied. RCS chief executive officer, Regan Adams.

RCS Group acquires online credit provider Mobicred

4 Apr 2022

Source: Supplied.

Cash is still king... but not for much longer

Andy Jury 1 Apr 2022

Source: Supplied.

Doconomy appoints Andres Vergara as head of marketing

Katja Hamilton 28 Mar 2022

Cliquefin and SA banks close gap in access to financial services

25 Mar 2022

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Cryptoscams target MetaMask users for seed phrases

23 Mar 2022

FNB records sharp e-commerce growth since 2019

14 Mar 2022

#LunchtimeMarketing: Has the explosion of payment platforms shaped online shopping?

#LunchtimeMarketing: Has the explosion of payment platforms shaped online shopping?

11 Mar 2022

Plan your new financial year resolutions

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Funding boost for SA's small retailers

Funding boost for SA's small retailers

2 Mar 2022

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Karen Nadasen, chair of the Ecommerce Forum of South Africa and CEO of PayU. Source: Supplied

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Why cybersecurity needs to tighten up as cryptocurrencies plummet

Why cybersecurity needs to tighten up as cryptocurrencies plummet

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Source: Supplied. Wim De Bruyn, Capitec chief information officer.

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8 Jun 2022

Source: Vgrigas, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

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Image source: RODNAE Productions from

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Pandemic-founded tech startups receive R2.5m from AlphaCode

3 Jun 2022

Fintech platform LifeCheq secures R40m Naspers investment

Fintech platform LifeCheq secures R40m Naspers investment

31 May 2022

Source: Supplied. Mathius Ruch, co-founder and chief executive officer of CV VC; Wesley Patrick, author of the inaugural African Blockchain Report and Gideon Greaves, managing director of CV VC Africa at Davos.

CV VC launches seed fund for African blockchain startups

30 May 2022

Digital trends shaping financial services

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Source: REUTERS. Central African Republic's President Faustin-Archange Touadera speaks during the annual gathering in New York City for the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, United States, September 21, 2021.

Central African Republic to launch Bitcoin investment platform

26 May 2022

Paymenow adds NetcarePlus and Discovery Health to its value-added service offering

Paymenow adds NetcarePlus and Discovery Health to its value-added service offering

16 May 2022

#EcomAfrica: Is Big Retail missing out by not delivering to townships?

#EcomAfrica: Is Big Retail missing out by not delivering to townships?

Katja Hamilton 13 May 2022

Digital wallets transaction value to grow by 60% by 2026 globally

12 May 2022

TCF regulation a win-win for SA customers and techcos

TCF regulation a win-win for SA customers and techcos

Diana Miguel 5 May 2022

Zapper introduces tap-on-phone merchant payments

Zapper introduces tap-on-phone merchant payments

4 May 2022

Blockchain paves the way for social good in Zambia

Blockchain paves the way for social good in Zambia

3 May 2022

Bitcoin adoption by Central African Republic baffles cryptoverse

Bitcoin adoption by Central African Republic baffles cryptoverse

29 Apr 2022

Unleashing the transformative power of mobile money

Unleashing the transformative power of mobile money

Ashley Olson Onyango 26 Apr 2022

Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44bn

Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44bn

Katja Hamilton 26 Apr 2022

Source: Supplied.

Aura and FNB team up to give customers access to instant emergency-response services

12 Apr 2022

SA's central bank to launch digital monetary unit?

Katja Hamilton 11 Apr 2022

Source: Supplied. RCS chief executive officer, Regan Adams.

RCS Group acquires online credit provider Mobicred

4 Apr 2022

Source: Supplied.

Cash is still king... but not for much longer

Andy Jury 1 Apr 2022

Source: Supplied.

Doconomy appoints Andres Vergara as head of marketing

Katja Hamilton 28 Mar 2022

Cliquefin and SA banks close gap in access to financial services

25 Mar 2022

Image source: © welcomia –

Cryptoscams target MetaMask users for seed phrases

23 Mar 2022

FNB records sharp e-commerce growth since 2019

14 Mar 2022

#LunchtimeMarketing: Has the explosion of payment platforms shaped online shopping?

#LunchtimeMarketing: Has the explosion of payment platforms shaped online shopping?

11 Mar 2022

Plan your new financial year resolutions

Plan your new financial year resolutions

Bizcommunity.com 10 Mar 2022

Funding boost for SA's small retailers

Funding boost for SA's small retailers

2 Mar 2022

Promising fintech solutions take the spotlight at Stitch hackathon

Promising fintech solutions take the spotlight at Stitch hackathon

28 Feb 2022

Peter Harvey to depart DPO Group

Peter Harvey to depart DPO Group

22 Feb 2022

Lipa Payments secures R10m for contactless payments platform

Lipa Payments secures R10m for contactless payments platform

22 Feb 2022

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How blockchain can be used against counterfeiters

Masi Mtshali 17 Feb 2022

Flutterwave closes $250m in Series D funding

Flutterwave closes $250m in Series D funding

16 Feb 2022

Source: Supplied. Adri Führi, Group CFO at fintech specialist, e4

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Stitch announces $21m Series A funding

Stitch announces $21m Series A funding

14 Feb 2022

US seizes $3.6bn of stolen Bitcoin, its largest financial seizure ever

9 Feb 2022

The 6 key factors that drive the price of crypto

Jonty Sacks 3 Feb 2022

Moove secures $10m funding from NBK

Moove secures $10m funding from NBK

2 Feb 2022

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