TymeBank will spearhead its business banking expansion with the acquisition of Retail Capital, a fintech firm that provides funding to SMEs.
In its latest 10th annual ‘State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money’, the GSMA has revealed that the mobile money industry processed a record $1 trillion annually.
A new stablecoin cryptocurrency has been launched that is pegged to the South African rand, called ZARP.
Spot Money has officially launched and is said to be our country’s first Open Banking offering in the South African fintech landscape.
It has been another massive quarter for Microsoft profits, beating analyst expectations in its latest earnings report.
Cape Town-based DataProphet, a provider of artificial intelligence solutions, has raised an additional R100 million in funding.
Amazon's new car insurance business is being run through Amazon Pay in partnership with a private company, Acko General Insurance.
Facebook has rebranded its digital currency wallet to Novi; replacing Calibra, its maligned digital wallet that would have housed its Libra cryptocurrency.
Google has been getting involved in new industries in recent years. Next is banking, with a smart debit card rumoured to launch soon.
According to research firm CD Insights, fintech firms around the world raised $33.9 billion in total in 2019, which was garnered over 1,900 deals.
The Internal Revenue Service in the USA wants to tax video game currencies in the future. It won’t need to be reported if the currency remains in-game.
Mastercard has unveiled its new Biometric cards, which use a customer's fingerprint to authenticate purchases in lieu of a PIN.