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

Fintech

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

31 Jul 2026

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

Banking & Finance

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

22 Jul 2026

Source: Supplied. Nita Morgan is director at Prime Loans.

Financial Services

Exclusive: Digital inclusion must also mean access to safe credit

Nita Morgan 19 May 2026

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Services

Bridging the gap: South Africa’s informal sector needs unified digital tools

Andrew Bourne 29 Apr 2026

Transforming township economies: The digital future of SA's SME retailers

Informal Retailing

Transforming township economies: The digital future of SA's SME retailers

26 Feb 2026

Araxi announces plans to acquire Pay@ in R1bn deal

Fintech

Araxi announces plans to acquire Pay@ in R1bn deal

18 Feb 2026

Source: Supplied. Norman Nyawo, Head: Merchant Solutions for Business and Commercial Banking at Standard Bank South Africa.

Economy

Standard Bank sees double-digit digital transaction growth amid 40% rise in e-commerce volumes

30 Jan 2026

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Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Women’s voices at the G20: action urged on economic empowerment, care work, health, climate justice and forced labour

Narnia Bohler-Muller 5 Dec 2025

Source: Pexels.

Financial Services

BNPL: A game-changer in retail or a hidden credit trap?

Lerato Lamola 5 Nov 2025

MTN MoMo, Mastercard extend partnership to support wider digital access in SA

Technology

MTN MoMo, Mastercard extend partnership to support wider digital access in SA

31 Oct 2025

Lula celebrates a decade of powering South African SMEs

Fintech

Lula celebrates a decade of powering South African SMEs

Issued by Lula 23 Jul 2025

UCT financial innovation hub hackathon produces promising real-world solutions for payment challenges

Tech Startups

UCT financial innovation hub hackathon produces promising real-world solutions for payment challenges

Issued by MANGO-OMC 14 Jul 2025

PayJustNow and Finchoice's new look

Branding

PayJustNow and Finchoice's new look

24 Apr 2025

Homechoice celebrates 40 years of 'creating the home you love'

Fashion & Homeware

Homechoice celebrates 40 years of 'creating the home you love'

17 Apr 2025

Source: Supplied.

Financial Services

Africa's digital future: Mastercard's $1.5tn vision for growth

26 Mar 2025

Red tape or progress? How registration woes are impacting spaza shops

Informal Retailing

Red tape or progress? How registration woes are impacting spaza shops

28 Feb 2025

South African click-and-collect firm Pargo considers continent-wide expansion

E-commerce

South African click-and-collect firm Pargo considers continent-wide expansion

Nqobile Dludla 22 Oct 2024

FNB triumphs as Best Digital Bank again, according to Human8’s SITEisfaction 2024

Banking

FNB triumphs as Best Digital Bank again, according to Human8’s SITEisfaction 2024

Issued by Human8 26 Sep 2024

The Finternet: A new global financial system could be closer than we think

Fintech

The Finternet: A new global financial system could be closer than we think

Briana Marbury, Issued by Semaphore Communications 19 Sep 2024

Cashless payments are trickling into South Africa's informal economy

Mobile & Apps

Cashless or not? Exploring the future of digital payments in Africa

Chipo Mushwana 21 Aug 2024

Todd Ashton, VP and head of South and East Africa at Ericsson MEA

Telecoms & Networks

Ericsson VP on 5G's transformative potential for SA

Lindsey Schutters 3 Jul 2024

Trends

Study reveals annual cost of financial crime compliance totals $85bn in EMEA

5 Apr 2024

Source: LinkedIn.

Financial Services

Mastercard & MTN partner to advance financial inclusion and SME growth in Africa

15 Mar 2024

FNB wins Best Digital Bank, according to Human8's SITEisfaction 2023

Banking

FNB wins Best Digital Bank, according to Human8's SITEisfaction 2023

Issued by Human8 26 Oct 2023

MTN MoMo API Hackathon is calling SA developers. Source: Alex Kotliarskyi/Unsplash

Tech Startups

Enter and win $10,000 in MTN MoMo hackathon

7 Aug 2023

Financial Services

Mastercard and Naps collaborate to fuel innovation in Morocco's digital payments realm

2 Jun 2023

Small business solution to sustainable growth and development in Africa

SMEs

Small business solution to sustainable growth and development in Africa

Issued by Business Partners Limited 2 Jun 2023

MTN SA appoints Bradwin Roper as new chief financial services officer

Mobile & Apps

MTN SA appoints Bradwin Roper as new chief financial services officer

18 Apr 2023

Fintechs and banks: A marriage made in digital heaven

Fintech

Fintechs and banks: A marriage made in digital heaven

Issued by The Publicity Workshop 11 Apr 2023

#BizTrends2023: What's next for payments in Africa?

Trends

#BizTrends2023: What's next for payments in Africa?

Karen Nadasen 19 Jan 2023

Source: Supplied. David de Coning, Crossgate Technologies' chief executive officer.

Banking

Goodbye magstripe; hello EMV mobile... and paying for your coffee in crypto and gold

Katja Hamilton 24 Jan 2023

#BizTrends2023: How to win in sub-Saharan Africa's retailing landscape

Trends

#BizTrends2023: How to win in sub-Saharan Africa's retailing landscape

Christele Chokossa 9 Jan 2023

Sean Wibberley, new HIL Investco CEO. Source: Supplied

Banking & Finance

Homechoice International names Sean Wibberley as CEO

30 Nov 2022

Source: Supplied. On-ground app demonstrations by the Yabx onboarding team educating the new-to-credit segments on how to apply for credits and loans through the platform.

Financial Services

Yabx enters Nigeria market, aims to double its growth in Africa

9 Nov 2022

Fintech

SA's central bank to launch digital monetary unit?

Katja Hamilton 11 Apr 2022

A woman walks past an advertising posters for MTN telecommunication company along a street in Lagos, Nigeria 28 August 2019. Reuters/Temilade Adelaja

Telecoms & Networks

MTN to sell shares in Nigeria unit via public offer

Priyanshi Mandhan and Muvija M 5 Nov 2021

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Telecoms & Networks

Partnership to expand Telkom Kenya Limited's mobile data network

2 Nov 2021

Source: ©Matthias Ziegler

Fintech

Access to digital financial services across remote Africa

10 Sep 2021

Sandy Rheeder, CIO, Mukuru

Financial Services

#WomensMonth: Taking care of the missing 9%

Sandy Rheeder 26 Aug 2021

Source: Supplied

Banking

Banking and payment channels in Africa are showing positive growth

2 Jul 2021

Kenyan authorities set to regulate free-and-easy fintech

Legislation & Regulation

Kenyan authorities set to regulate free-and-easy fintech

Ariana Issaias and Dominic Indokhomi 20 May 2021

The AfCFTA can change the circumstances of millions of African SMEs

SMEs

The AfCFTA can change the circumstances of millions of African SMEs

Amrote Abdella 18 May 2021

How to forge an inclusive economic recovery in Africa

Community

How to forge an inclusive economic recovery in Africa

Tolu Oyekan 12 Feb 2021

Andy Jury, CEO, Mukuru

Fintech

3 contributors to dynamic banking partnerships

Andy Jury 11 Dec 2020

A man makes a payment from his mobile phone for basic food items including bread at a local tuck shop in Epworth, on the outskirts of Harare. Photo by Jekesai Njikizana/AFP via Getty Images

Fintech

Zimbabwe's restrictions on mobile money transfers are a blow to financial inclusion

Marcia Kwaramba 14 Oct 2020

Technology & TCF in uncertain times. Top 5 trends during the Covid-19 pandemic

Financial Services

Technology & TCF in uncertain times. Top 5 trends during the Covid-19 pandemic

Caroline da Silva, Brandon Topham & Lyndwill Clarke 1 Oct 2020

Vodacom Financial Services partners Alipay as technology provider

IoT

Vodacom Financial Services partners Alipay as technology provider

20 Jul 2020