The event celebrates people in the fintech sector, such as e4's Adri Führi, who work at innovating and transforming how people transact through technology.

The company will, this year, scale up operations in the country while remodelling itself as a fintech firm.

Local start-ups Meerkat and Spoon, recently included in a $15 million accelerator programme, say there is still room for more fintech products in SA.

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.

The payments firm’s biometrics tech allows payment of social grants without connectivity in Mozambique’s deep rural areas.

The firm leverages its technology partners to enable further growth into Africa, South America and potentially Asia.

The Web-based money transfer service lands a partnership with one of the big-five banks, as it looks to expand its offering.

PayU says combining LazyPay and PaySense will help it to accelerate India’s alternative credit ecosystem.

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

The company says consumers will be able to open bank accounts, buy insurance and other financial products digitally in their local shops.

Automation will make it easier for customers to bank digitally, ultimately improving engagements and ensuring that the bank’s service is more efficient, says Andrea Tucker, Research and Development Head at e4.

Johannesburg, Nairobi, Lagos and Cape Town are listed in the top 100 cities worldwide for fintech businesses.