South Africa
Revio, a South African-based fintech startup, receives $1m in seed round
South Africa’s fintech startup, Revio that leverages digital technology to manage payments and subscription billings for various companies has received a $1 million ...
Innovation
Ukhushe Joins ForexPeople to Boost Cross-Border Digital Payments from SA into Rest of Africa
Ukheshe Technologies, a main fintech enablement accomplice, has affirmed the foundation of another joint endeavor with ForexPeople, one of South Africa’s most confided ...
News
South Africa: Woman-led edtech Ambani wins I’M IN 2021 accelerator
Mukundi Lambani, founder of Ambani Africa, an interactive African-language based early childhood edtech, has been announced as the winner of the third cohort of ...
Innovation
SOUTH AFRICA : FNB LAUNCHES APPLE PAY FOR CUSTOMERS
FNB says it now supports Apple Pay, enabling customers to add their cards to the Apple Wallet. Over one million customers use the ...
Regulatory
South Africa’s Digital Currency Study Ongoing – Central Bank Governor
South African Reserve Bank (SARB) governor, Lesetja Kganyago, has once again confirmed that the central bank is presently studying the feasibility of issuing ...
Innovation
South Africa: SnapScan rolls out peer-to-peer payments
South Africa-based contactless payments platform SnapScan has released an update to its app that allows people to make peer-to-peer payments from its electronic wallet. All ...
Opinions
Mobile money set to take South Africa by storm
Mobile money has seen massive uptake in Africa over the last decade, however, South Africa has lagged due to the country’s stringent banking ...
Opinions
Internal payments fraud on the rise and costing SA businesses
South African businesses, already under severe economic strain, are now counting the costs of rapidly increasing internal payments fraud. According to Ryan Mer, ...
South Africa
South African fintech company Yoco raises R1.23 billion in funding
South African fintech company Yoco has raised R1.23 billion to accelerate product development and reach more merchants in South Africa and beyond. Yoco ...
Innovation
FinTech Platform Revix Explores Ways To Enable South Africans to Invest In AI, BioTech and 5G Technology
Revix, a FinTech investment platform, is exploring ways to enable South Africans to invest in popular technology such as artificial intelligence (AI), BioTech, and 5G. ...