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South Africa: Staff at Standard Bank, Absa and Sasfin implicated in money laundering
Sasfin told Al Jazeera it was taking vigorous action against suspended and former employees and clients of its foreign exchange unit. Photo: Supplied ...
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South Africa: South Africa’s Second Largest Online Payment Gateway, Peach Payments, Secures $31 Million in Series A Funding
Peach Payments, a fintech startup from South Africa, has secured $31 million in Series A funding led by Apis Partners, with the aim ...
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South Africa: A study says that 28% of South Africans don’t have access to the internet.
The Digital 2023: South Africa study from DataPortal says that more than a quarter of the country’s people still can’t get online. At the ...
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South Africa: South African fintech Paymenow raises $14 million to fund growth
Paymenow, a South African fintech specializing in financial well-being, announced on Monday (April 3rd) the raising of a credit facility in the amount ...
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South Africa: South Africa’s Peach Payments raises $31m
South African online payments firm Peach Payments is looking to enter new markets after securing $31 million in funding led by Apis Growth ...
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South Africa: Yolisa Kedama appointed as new acting chairperson of Icasa
Kedama is a specialist in the field of radio frequency planning and a researcher in new technologies in the satellite communication environment. She ...
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South Africa: Paymenow raises $14m for groundbreaking EWA platform
Paymenow, a market-leading Earned Wage Access (EWA) platform, has secured a R250 million (about $14 million) debt facility through Rand Merchant Bank (RMB), ...
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South Africa: South Africa establishes forensic unit to fight financial crimes
The Financial Intelligence Centre has established a forensic unit to help the government fight corruption and prosecute complex financial crimes, part of an effort ...
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SA: Telkom Partners with Clickatell to Launch Mobile Messaging Payments in South Africa
Clickatell, the Chat Commerce and business messaging leader, has launched their Chat 2 Pay feature for South Africa’s largest integrated communications company, Telkom. ...
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SA: Financial crime watchdog adds South Africa to ‘grey list’
International financial crime watchdog the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Friday (February 24, 2023) added South Africa to its “grey list” of ...