South Africa has become one of Africa’s most dynamic fintech ecosystems, accounting for nearly 21% of all fintech…
South Africa
The African retail landscape is undergoing a dramatic transformation. As a business scales and the payment ecosystem becomes…
In 2025, the regtech industry in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) continued to grow and mature, fuel by growing demand…
Of Africa’s nine unicorns, all except Andela are fintech companies. In 2024, fintech claimed nearly half of all…
EBANX, a Brazilian technology company focused on payment solutions for emerging markets, has integrated Capitec Pay, South Africa’s…
Binance Pay has extended its reach in South Africa following a partnership with Zapper, one of the country’s…
Nedbank Group, based in South Africa, has reached an agreement to sell its 21.2% stake in Ecobank Transnational…
South Africa’s fintech sector is growing rapidly, driven by rising adoption of alternative lending, a new report by…
Paymentology, a global issuer-processor, has introduced PayoCard, a mobile-first card management platform designed to support digital banks and…
Following a week-long bootcamp of lectures delivered by global representatives of the Interledger Foundation, the University of Cape…
Cross Switch, a payments technology company headquartered in Malta, has partnered with South African fintech firm Paysoft in…
Onafriq, a South African-based payments gateway, has partnered with Circle, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, in a…
Mastercard is expanding its collaboration with Paymentology, a London-based global issuer processor, to support card issuance for fintech…
ICM.com, a London-based financial technology and online trading firm, has announced service enhancements for the Ghanaian and South…
Kaspersky’s security researchers have uncovered a sophisticated cybercriminal campaign that exploited the growing interest in DeepSeek AI, a…
London-based Revolut, the world’s fourth-largest digital bank, is considering entering the South African market, potentially challenging local digital…
Stitch, a payments company based in South Africa, has acquired ExiPay, an in-person payments provider also operating in…
Yellow Card has been issued a Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) licence by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority…
Volante Technologies announced a strategic partnership with Standard Bank to modernize payment infrastructure across the African continent. The landmark…
Instant and secure payments can act as a multiplier to help businesses and economies thrive and grow. To…