Yoco, MediaTek collaborate on easy payment acceptance for businesses

Yoco has collaborated with MediaTek to create fast, easy-to-use card machines for small businesses in Africa. The new Yoco Neo Touch range is powered by MediaTek Genio series of chipsets – Internet of Things (IoT) platforms. The Yoco Neo Touch card machine...

All the winners on Black Friday, Cyber Monday

The Food & Beverage industry as well as Retail were the big online winners over the Black Friday and Cyber Monday weekend, with Travel & Accommodation coming a close third. This is the news from South African-based digital payment gateway Peach Payments,...

Black Friday boom expected for card-linked instalments

As Black Friday approaches, Africa’s first card-linked instalment platform, Float, expects more than a 500% increase on the number of transactions processed last year, and predicts average shopper spend will increase by 30% to over R11 000. Last year, Black...

Cellular connectivity the unsung hero of SA retail

The events of the past several years have seen the physical in-store retail experience enhanced by the growth and availability of digital solutions. By Tobie van Schalwyk, business unit manager at Duxbury Networking But, even though many South African retailers are...
The power of the scaffolding software development approach in retail

The power of the scaffolding software development approach in retail

In recent years, many South African retailers have come to rely on no-code and low-code solutions which ostensibly simplifies the software development process. While the appeal is undeniable, these methods often trap businesses in a web of unoptimised code, vendor...

VALR Pay now available at Pick n Pay tills

VALR has partnered with CryptoConvert to make VALR payments available at all Pick n Pay tills throughout South Africa. This means all VALR customers will be able to use VALR Pay to spend Bitcoin for the purchase of goods and services at Pick n Pay, using the VALR...