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Outgoing Standard Bank South Africa CEO Kenny Fihla will be Absa’s next group CEO with effect from mid-June.

South Africa’s biggest corporate spender on IT has reported a 2% increase in full-year technology spending.

South Africa’s economy is set to forge an upward path this year after misfiring for more than a decade.

Magnetic stripes on bank cards appear to be on their way out as South Africa’s financial institutions look to more modern features to bolster the security of card transactions.

BankservAfrica’s latest update to real-time payments platform PayShap is designed to drive uptake of the service.

Standard Bank has experienced a data breach involving a senior employee, who is now facing a disciplinary process.

BankservAfrica has increased the upper payment limit for PayShap transactions from R3 000 to R50 000.

Standard Bank spends more than R1-billion/year keeping its systems safe from attackers.

Standard Bank Group CIO Jörg Fischer is TechCentral’s guest in the latest episode of Meet the CIO.

South African assets have rallied in recent months, yet the head of the country’s biggest bank still sees a cautious approach among many foreign investors.