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Web retailer and technology giant Amazon has announced plans to open an office of Amazon Web Services in Johannesburg. The new office joins the established Amazon Development Centre in Cape Town, which has been in operation since 2004

Capitec came out tops for its social media performance among South Africa’s banks, according to the 2014/2015 Ubiquity Social Intelligence Report released on Wednesday. Capitec was also the only bank to receive a net positive opinion on social media

After almost a full day of service disruption, Standard Bank late on Monday said it had finally resolved all technical issues that resulted in downtime on its website, in its smartphone and tablet applications, in branches and in its call centres. The bank has blamed

Standard Bank’s online banking services were offline on Monday morning, prompting frustrated customers to turn to social media to complain. “Internet banking is temporarily unavailable [and] we are working on restoring services urgently. Apologies

Online transacting on classifieds sites for South Africans could become safer with the local launch of a dedicated escrow service. The service, dubbed Shepherd, is supported by Standard Bank and is designed to facilitate safer online trades as it eliminates the

A local recruitment start-up, which operates a business-to-business application that connects job seekers with positions at firms, has won a place to pitch its business against competitors and win a potential US$500 000 in equity. Giraffe, which runs a

Maggy Sibiya tells me she is relieved when I arrive at her office in Rivonia in Johannesburg without a camera. The ICT-Works chief operating officer says she is a “behind the scenes type of person” and

Standard Bank is developing a banking application for the Apple Watch, the financial services institution said on Thursday. The app is being tested with “pilot users” and will be available to the

First National Bank has recently begun issuing credit cards with embedded “tap and go” near-field communication technology. “FNB can confirm at all new FNB credit cards that are being issued are enabled with