Browsing: Fintech

With the national unemployment rate hovering at around 40%, it’s clear quality education is a necessity in South Africa, but…

JSE-listed low-cost retailer Pepkor announced today that its FinTech business Flash now supports 202 000 traders in the informal market…

Vodacom announced today that its Financial Services business reported a 19.2% rise in revenue to R4.4 billion fuelled by insurance…

MTN SA service revenue grew by 3.5% in the third quarter to end-September 2022, impacted by loadshedding and concessions to…

MTN announced today that its FinTech business saw revenue rose by 12.9%, with Mobile Money (MoMo) active monthly users up…

MTN announced today that its Nigerian operation has added 5.7 million new susbcribers in nine months ended 30 September 2022…

The six finalists were chosen following extremely strong competition from over 700 fintechs from 59 countries; Grand Finale to be…

The world of financial services is changing – for the better. A multitude of virtual banking and payment options, cardless…

In today’s fast-paced, wealth-driven world where customer service often ends at the point of sale, true business success requires solid,…

Cape Town-headquartered venture capital (VC) firm HAVAÍC has completed its third investment in Kenyan FinTech Tanda. The investment from the…

Ukheshe’s SME in-a-box solution is making tangible changes to the lives of millions in Zambia through a partnership with Digital…

Brazilian FinTech company Ebanx is expanding its operations and payments solutions outside Latin America. The company said in a statement…

Verdant Capital has raised $10 million or R161 million of debt funding for Zeepay.  The medium-term debt raise, which forms…

On the back of two major interest rate hikes in the first half of 2022 alone and rapidly rising costs,…

Key to unlocking value chains, especially in the tech startup space, is the ability of large, established corporates to work…

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) announced plans to begin regulating cryptocurrencies in 2023, treating them as financial assets rather than as…

MTN Group’s Mobile Money Application Interface (API) is inviting developers across several markets to participate in an Open API Hackathon,…

FinTech-start-up MortgageMarket is the latest tech start-up to be involved in a major lifestyle residential development in South Africa; with…

MTN Group today announced the appointment of Riaan Wessels as Chief Risk Officer: FinTech with effect from 1 July 2022.…

Super apps, banking-as-a-service, behavioural banking and cyber security. These are just a few of the trends that promise to make…

MTN Group announced the appointment of Andrew Goodrich as Executive for Banktech in our Group FinTech team, effective 1 June…

The 2019 Future of Payments in South Africa report by Deloitte and Mastercard stated that “although 80% of South Africans…

Naspers, through its early-stage tech investment vehicle Naspers Foundry, announced a R40 million ($2.5 million) investment in LifeCheq, a FinTech…

Johannesburg based FinTech company, Bitventure, a provider of state-of-the-art real-time automated verification and payment solutions, has acquired industry leading smart…

African insurtech aYo Holdings has taken the next step in its ongoing technology transformation by rolling out a cloud-based enterprise…