Using Bitcoin as loan collateral gains traction

New payment trends, analytics enabling a personalised customer engagement, stakeholder collaboration, and the use of IOT and blockchain will be among the drivers of significant change, says Craig Duggan, Commercial Manager at Transaction Junction.

Cable investment is up, with Google and Facebook planning to establish links to Sub-Saharan Africa, but immediate benefits will elude much of the region, says Bianca Wright, Reporter, CIO Africa.

The rising popularity of crypto-currency sees South African organisations impacted by crypto-mining malware twice as much as globally.

The big four bank says it is in the process of assessing its position in respect of virtual currency dealers or traders.

The six-month investigation revealed that unsecured industrial environments are primarily victims of common threats.

Crypto-currencies will transition into a new role, as 50% of unbanked smartphone owners turn to the currency for daily transactions.

US-based musician Akon finalises agreement to build a futuristic city that will exclusively trade in his own digital currency.

Marius Reitz, Luno GM for Africa, makes some crypto-currency predictions for 2020.

The crypto-currency jumped 5% as news of the US drone strike – which killed Qassem Soleimani – broke around the world last Friday.

A global collaboration of car manufacturers is growing to trace responsible mineral mining and help stop child labour.

Malware variety grew by 13.7% in 2019 due to Web skimmers.

Alexey Ermakov, founder of Swiss-based fintech startup Aximetria, picks crypto and blockchain trends to watch out for in 2020.