The instant payments platform expands into merchant transactions, e-commerce and broader everyday digital commerce.
What was once marketed as a short-term convenience is now a lifeline for hard-pressed consumers and a lucrative revenue stream for telcos.
How to adapt to the cyber risk posed by the growth in the workforce of non-human colleagues.
A military “Survivability Onion” framework helps companies cut security costs by terminating unnecessary systems and shrinking their attack surface, says Stitch's Barney de Villiers ahead of the ITWeb Security Summit.
NSFAS fintech partners to challenge contract cancellations
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Cape Town and Johannesburg exchange leadership positions in the start-up ecosystem rankings.
A platform architecture decision that quietly shapes regulatory exposure, batch-run reliability and developer capacity in two of the most heavily regulated industries.
Fragmented data, weak governance and siloed systems continue to derail many enterprise artificial intelligence initiatives.
Huawei Cloud drives African FinTech innovation
Mark Wang, Solution Architect at Huawei Cloud Southern Africa, spoke to ITWeb about Huawei being a strategic partner in the banking sector. He also addressed challenges for banks in SA and potential growth in the payment ecosystem for customers. #huaweicloud #fintech #digitalbanking
The revision stems from the treatment of the “change in fair value of equity securities, net” line item in its Q3 FY2026 results.
Real-time payments are transforming B2B retail, closing settlement gaps and improving efficiency, says Penny Langton, senior manager: operations at Altron Fintech.
Sage Intacct streamlines accounting while delivering real-time budget versus actual visibility and detailed financial reporting for finance teams, says Gary Govender, head of business development at ALNET Technologies.
Following tax and fee adjustments introduced in 2024, cross-border e-commerce growth has slowed to about 7%, signalling the end of “indiscriminate low-price competition”.
The digital bank targets 210 million global customers, as it rebrands and empowers 1 800 staff with a R100 million stake.