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Stripe and private equity firm Advent have made a joint offer to acquire PayPal Holdings, according to sources.
360Wallet owner has claimed that South Africa’s biggest banks are blocking its cardless cash withdrawal technology.
Payments giant Visa has detailed how AI agents, richer tokens and blockchain settlement will reshape commerce.
Standard Bank has become the first African-based lender authorised to clear renminbi transactions on the continent.
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.