Standard Bank has become the first African-based lender authorised to clear renminbi transactions on the continent.
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Meta’s pick of an Indian fintech founder signals the scale of the company’s payment ambitions for WhatsApp.
South Africans have already gone digital at the till. Visa is betting their employers are next.
Being late to the party isn’t the real problem – it’s showing up with nothing new to offer.
Dual-listed lender Investec is putting Microsoft’s AI assistant on every desk in South Africa and the UK.
The spaza shop is not an informal side hustle; it is our economy’s resilient foundation, writes Lincoln Mali.
A new industry report argues that the sector mistook innovation for inclusion and left informal markets behind.
Brazil is freezing illegal operators’ funds and making banks liable. South Africa should be watching closely.
Visa is readying South African banks for AI shopping agents, and its OpenAI deal adds further momentum.
Exchange control rests on a 1960s view of money. It now restricts freedom, not capital flight, writes VALR CEO Farzam Ehsani.