Nov 2, 2016
Compuscan, one of the largest independent credit bureaus in Africa, has established a strategic partnership with Coremetrix, a UK-based company powered by Creditinfo, the world’s leading creator of psychometric data for consumer risk assessment. The new...
Nov 2, 2016
More than 16-million South Africans have cash in savings accounts, but according to the latest SA Reserve Bank statistics about 42% of this sits in low interest accounts that offer interest rates as low as 1% at Postbank and as high as 10% on a five year fixed deposit...
Oct 28, 2016
Mastercard has announced agreements with Microsoft, Google and Samsung to bring online payments capabilities to US-based users of their digital wallets. Starting early next year, Mastercard cardholders that use Microsoft Wallet, Android Pay or Samsung Pay will be able...
Oct 18, 2016
To encourage more businesses to comply with the Financial Intelligence Agency Act (FICA), FNB has launched KYC Doc Uploader, that allows non-compliant business owners to conveniently upload outstanding FICA documents online. Business owners that are not yet compliant...
Oct 13, 2016
Peach Payments, a fintech startup that makes customer payments to online merchants seamless and secure, is now processing more than R1-billion in transactions per year and expanding into Kenya and Nigeria with plans for other African countries. The business started...
Oct 13, 2016
Absa has partnered with walletdoc, a South African fintech startup, offering users a smart, secure and convenient way to pay their bills such as monthly subscriptions and utilities – without the tedious filing and administration normally associated with...
