South Africa
SA: Payabill launches online payment solution for SMEs
Payabill, a South Africa-based fintech lender, has developed a product where it takes the risk of settling the bills of international suppliers directly ...
Intelligence
SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 5 DIGITAL SCAMS TO BE AWARE OF – POLL
A poll conducted by consumer credit reporting agency TransUnion shows that digital fraud remains an issue in South Africa at a time when ...
Regulatory
SA Competition Commission Approves Afrihost, Cool Ideas Merger
South Africa’s Competition Commission, the country’s business practice watchdog, has unconditionally approved the merger of ISPs: Afrihost, and Cool Ideas. In June, Afrihost ...
News
SOUTH AFRICA:RESERVE BANK KEEPS REPO RATE UNCHANGED
The South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 3.5% per annum. In a ...
South Africa
South Africa: Chipper Cash launches with free P2P money transfers
Chipper, the fastest growing African fintech start-up that facilitates free peer-to-peer (P2P) money transfers and instant cross-border payments in Africa, officially launched Chipper ...
News
SA: African Bank Warns of Data Breach After Partner Struck by Ransomware
South African retail bank African Bank has confirmed that one of its debt recovery partners, Debt-IN, was targeted by a ransomware attack in ...
Innovation
The SA Innovation Summit SAIS2021 kicks off in Cape Town
The SA Innovation Summit has kicked off culminating in a speech by Cathy Smith, MD of SAP Africa, who is calling for greater use and ...
Innovation
SA: Standard Bank and AWS to build African Innovation Lab
South Africa’s Standard Bank, and Amazon Web Services (AWS), are collaborating to jointly build an African Innovation Lab, which will act as an ...
South Africa
SA: iiDENTIFii wins best enterprise solution at the 2021 MTN App of the Year awards
In its 10th year, the MTN Business App of the Year Awards 2021 awarded South African technology company iiDENTIFii, the Best Enterprise Solution ...
Regulatory
South Africa: SA Reserve Bank Likely to Keep Interest Rates On Hold in September Based On Moderate Inflation and Strong Rand
The South African Reserve Bank will almost certainly keep interest rates unchanged when its Monetary Policy Committee meets on 23 September. The economy ...