South Africa
South Africa’s FNB Partners with UnionPay to Accept Contactless Payments
First National Bank (FNB) and UnionPay International (UPI) have announced that UnionPay cardholders will be able to make contactless payments with their cards ...
Startup
SA fintech startup Planet42 raises $2.4m to democratise access to mobility
South Africa-based fintech startup Planet42, which focuses on providing access to mobility to the underbanked, has raised US$2.4 million in funding to help ...
Startup
Futuregrowth invests in SA personal finance startup LifeCheq
Futuregrowth Asset Management has invested in LifeCheq, a startup that offers digitised holistic personal finance. LifeCheq, which was founded in 2015 by Abubakari Malik Addae, Shen ...
Startup
Crossfin invests in SA fintech truID
African fintech investor Crossfin has invested an undisclosed amount in SA fintech truID through its ventures investment arm, Crossfin Ventures. TruID’s API provides financial institutions and fintechs ...
South Africa
South African bank to replace 12m cards after employees stole master key
Postbank says employees printed its master key at one of its data centres and then used it to steal $3.2 million. Postbank, the ...
South Africa
South Africa’s CO.ZA Reaches 1.25 Million Registered Domain Names
There are now over 1.25 million individual domain names registered within South Africa’s flagship CO.ZA Internet domain, according to the ZA Central Registry NPC (ZACR). ...
Startup
South Africa’s Mama Money Expands Global Reach with Western Union
Western Union, a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments, and Mama Money, a rapidly growing international money transfer company, have joined forces ...
South Africa
South Africa Insurtech startup Inclusivity Solutions Raises $1.3m Funding
South African insurtech startup Inclusivity Solutions has raised US$1.3 million in the second tranche of its Series A funding round to help it ...
South Africa
How Lockdown has Highlighted the Benefits of Remote Banking in South Africa
The advantages of digital transacting over other modes of banking have been highlighted by the lockdown. Although remote banking has been gaining ground ...
South Africa
E-Health Framework in Development for South Africa
South Africa’s healthcare organisations are currently on a journey to providing comprehensive and accessible healthcare services to all its citizens, in both the ...
