As Revolut prepares to enter the market, a lengthy waitlist shows demand for a wallet but not a primary banking relationship.
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Sixty finalists faced industry leaders across two days at the 2026 TransUnion Rising Star judging week.
Replying to a customer on WhatsApp will start costing business users money from October. Meta won’t confirm how much.
Absa has said that 1 400 developers use AI coding tools while its chatbot fields 100 000 queries monthly.
A further impairment at head office shows the full year’s R2.4-billion write-down disclosed in March was not a once-off.
Bank robberies fell to just two incidents in 2025 while digital banking claims climbed to R2.4-billion.
Standard Bank Group’s banking IT costs grew just 2%, but cloud spending surged 37% as amortisation fell away.
Smart ring start-up VezoPay has doubled its banking partners, and expects to have signed up five banks by year-end.
Battery-electric cars remain under 1% of the market despite NEV sales figures doubling year on year, Naamsa data shows.
A vehicle-based unit built by Absa will take smart ID renewals into Gauteng’s underserved communities first.