Replying to a customer on WhatsApp will start costing business users money from October. Meta won’t confirm how much.
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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.
Three of South Africa’s biggest banks have quietly joined the Visa- and Stripe-backed Open USD stablecoin project.
Being late to the party isn’t the real problem – it’s showing up with nothing new to offer.