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Moving money abroad? New AI tool aims to cut through Sars red tape

South African suppliers are financing their own customers

South African suppliers are financing their own customers

30 Sep 2026

Underpinned by momentum across every one of its South African businesses, Capitec Limited has grown headline earnings growth 19% to R9.5bn for the six months ended 31 August 2026. Pictured: Graham Lee, CEO (Image supplied)

A diversified engine firing on all cylinders: Capitec headline earnings up 19%

30 Sep 2026

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#HeritageMonth: Ask, learn, understand: Old Mutual brings financial education to WhatsApp

23 Sep 2026

Bridgement named App of the Year at the Xero South Africa Awards

Bridgement named App of the Year at the Xero South Africa Awards

Bridgement 22 Sep 2026

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South Africans ready to let AI take on credit decisions, says Experian

18 Sep 2026

Source: Supplied. John Mukomberanwa, Head: Digital Insights at Standard Bank Corporate and Investment Banking.

AI’s business opportunity comes with a catch – Standard Bank and Stellenbosch University respond

17 Sep 2026

Source: Supplied. Swiffy co-founders Neil Schwartzman, Jadie Naicker and Christian Di Zio.

Swiffy’s Premier League leap puts African fintech in the spotlight

17 Sep 2026

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Loop’s Nafi Abrahams is connecting people — from Mitchells Plain to the world

Maroefah Smith 15 Sep 2026

Source: Supplied. South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago who spoke at the MTN Group Fintech Annual Summit in Johannesburg.

Africa has solved access. Now comes the harder fintech challenge

2 Sep 2026

Source: Supplied. Bode Abifarin, chief executive officer and managing director of MoMo Payment Service Bank (PSB).

Bode Abifarin to lead MoMo PSB as managing director and CEO

28 Aug 2026

Autonomous finance: Buzzword or breakthrough?

Autonomous finance: Buzzword or breakthrough?

Times 3 Technologies 13 Aug 2026

Stitch Express adds in-store payments as Shopify push deepens

Stitch Express adds in-store payments as Shopify push deepens

12 Aug 2026

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Standard Chartered, Sony back Yellow Card in $40m funding round

7 Aug 2026

Moment secures R364m to strengthen Africa-wide payments network

Moment secures R364m to strengthen Africa-wide payments network

4 Aug 2026

Representation of cryptocurrencies are seen in this illustration taken 10 September 2025. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Treasury and SA Reserve Bank draft cross-border crypto rules

Colleen Goko 3 Aug 2026

Source: Supplied. YellowCard chief executive officer, Chris Maurice.

Yellow Card’s Chris Maurice named alongside Coinbase, Stripe and BlackRock leaders in stablecoin ranking

31 Jul 2026

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Lesaka unites fintech brands under single merchant platform

27 Jul 2026

Why digital payout solutions are becoming retail's next competitive advantage

Why digital payout solutions are becoming retail's next competitive advantage

24 Jul 2026

Pepkor bets big on SA's informal economy with R21.3bn Flash-Shop2Shop fintech deal

Pepkor bets big on SA's informal economy with R21.3bn Flash-Shop2Shop fintech deal

22 Jul 2026

Jack Scott-King, Max Coleman, and James Clark, co-founders of SOTRU (Image supplied)

Addressing fraud: Holistic infrastructure for trusted business communication

22 Jul 2026

Regulation moves at the pace of legislation, but the threat landscape does not, says Rynier Schoeman, cyber architecture specialist and solutions consultant at Palo Alto Networks (Image source: © 123rf )

5 cybersecurity challenges SA’s financial institutions need to tackle now

Rynier Schoeman 20 Jul 2026

POS transactions to top $41tn by 2031

POS transactions to top $41tn by 2031

20 Jul 2026

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Massive payment change: Sarb’s QR+ could simplify checkout nationwide

13 Jul 2026

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How one fintech provider is accelerating AI adoption across 1,500 banks

9 Jul 2026

SA startup Float sets sights on UK growth

SA startup Float sets sights on UK growth

8 Jul 2026

Banks have a massive digital opportunity hiding in plain sight

Banks have a massive digital opportunity hiding in plain sight

Location Bank 8 Jul 2026

GirlCode opens applications for 2026 Pan-African Hackathon

GirlCode opens applications for 2026 Pan-African Hackathon

8 Jul 2026

Source: Supplied. Lasbery Oludimu; Yellow Card Group VP of Operations and MD of Yellow Card Nigeria.

PayPal and Visa may need Africa’s stablecoin expertise soon

Lasbery Oludimu 7 Jul 2026

SA fintech Bridgement raises R330m as banks back AI-powered business lending

SA fintech Bridgement raises R330m as banks back AI-powered business lending

Bridgement 7 Jul 2026

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