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Sponsored: Women leading the charge: Turning inclusion into economic power

Visa is helping women owned businesses participate with greater confidence in the digital economy, strengthening not only individual enterprises, but the communities, value chains and economies they support.

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Quest to find best tourism app

The Africa App Quest, an initiative by Visa and SA Tourism, calls on local developers to create apps for the tourism industry.

Cash is fading

Using cash for purchases will soon be pass'e as the Internet becomes increasingly pervasive and integral to society, says Visa.

Visa backs SA fraud solution

The credit card company has certified a local software solution in a bid to cut down on online credit card fraud.

Barcodes and RFID

Mobile payment serves the unbanked

Local mobile payment providers need to partner with banks and retailers for m-payment to gain traction in SA, say experts.

Visa buys Fundamo for $110m

The global company snaps up Cape Town firm Fundamo, in a bid to lead the mobile payment race.

Visa unveils authentication service

Verified by Visa allows cardholders to authenticate their identity during online credit card transactions.

Relief for SA credit cardholders

About 6 000 South African Visa card numbers were stolen in the recent systems breach in the US, but MasterCard remains tight-lipped.

Articles About Visa (12)

Mukuru launches Botswana Visa card

Mukuru introduces a Visa-branded Companion Card to enable cashless payments.

GoTyme app migration gathers momentum

GoTyme Bank migrates customers to its new app, as it discontinues its legacy digital banking platforms as part of a new strategy.

AI fuels SA's venture capital boom, e-hailing shake-up & more | Tech Headlines | 20–25 July 2026

These are the stories making headlines on ITWeb this week. South Africa's venture capital sector is entering a new maturation phase, with artificial intelligence emerging as the next major catalyst for deals — a new study finds the local industry has deployed over R16 billion across more than 1 100 companies in the past decade, with fintech driving roughly half of all successful exits.