https://www.bizcommunity.com/196/751.html South Africa news 15 Fintech news - South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/196/751.html en-us Sun, 15 Nov 2026 13:43:53 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/stablecoins-security-and-institutional-crypto-adoption-take-centre-stage-851423a Against a backdrop of growing institutional appetite for digital assets, rising stablecoin adoption and mounting concerns over cryptocurrency security, CryptoFest 2026 - hosted by Bitcoin Events - is returning to Cape Town on Friday, 20 November 2026. 1-273209 Thu, 12 Nov 2026 14:45:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Fintech South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/when-payments-go-wrong-the-test-is-human-740472a Anyone who runs collections for a business knows the moment. A batch of debit orders comes back with failures nobody expected. Mandates that should have registered haven’t, a transaction won’t reconcile, or something has broken somewhere in the chain and nobody can yet say where. Then the phone starts ringing. 1-273312 Thu, 12 Nov 2026 13:47:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Fintech South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/cape-town-fintech-startup-lumepay-raises-6m-to-build-african-payments-network-417099a Cape Town-based fintech Lumepay has raised $6m (approximately R99m) in pre-seed funding to build its cross-border payment infrastructure for businesses across Africa. 1-273285 Wed, 11 Nov 2026 16:34:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Fintech South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/yoco-secures-100m-to-boost-funding-for-sa-smes-528110a South African payments company Yoco has secured a $100m (approximately R1.65bn) credit facility from global investment firm Victory Park Capital to expand access to working capital for small businesses using its platform. 1-273266 Wed, 11 Nov 2026 10:34:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Fintech South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/visa-identifies-gap-in-digital-tools-used-by-sa-smes-295847a South African small businesses are showing strong interest in digital platforms that combine payment processing with everyday business management, but adoption remains relatively low, according to a new Visa report. 1-273230 Tue, 10 Nov 2026 12:31:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Fintech South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/retailers-face-a-black-friday-payment-security-test-as-online-shopping-surges-528580a As South Africa’s Black Friday trade increasingly moves online, retailers and payment providers face growing pressure to balance transaction growth with fraud prevention, making payment security an increasingly important part of digital commerce strategy. 1-273196 Tue, 10 Nov 2026 07:29:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Fintech South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/article/yellow-card-enters-brazils-crypto-market-with-gomoney-acquisition-639681a Yellow Card, a global stablecoin payments infrastructure provider, has expanded its Latin American footprint through the acquisition of Brazilian virtual asset service provider GoMoney, completed in October 2026. 1-273131 Thu, 05 Nov 2026 17:49:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Fintech South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/uk-fintech-zvilo-enters-sa-with-r10bn-small-business-funding-target-181916a UK trade finance provider Zvilo has launched its South African operations, targeting an initial R2bn in working capital funding for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with plans to increase deployment to R10bn within three to five years. 1-272918 Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:13:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Fintech South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/investec-and-shoprite-in-talks-over-potential-retail-banking-deal-636821a Investec has joined Shoprite Holdings in talks over a potential partnership that could expand the bank’s reach into South Africa’s mass-market financial services sector, combining its banking expertise with the retailer’s extensive customer base and transaction network. 1-272861 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:55:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Fintech South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/africas-digital-future-hangs-in-the-balance-as-cyberattacks-surge-858773a Africa’s digital boom is unlocking unprecedented opportunities, but a rapidly escalating cyber threat could put the continent’s economic future at risk. 1-272479 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:05:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Fintech South Africa