US race for digital dollar fuels case for Bitcoin

With the US government’s work on a potential digital dollar accelerating – meaning a digital greenback could soon be a reality in the US – the case for Bitcoin becomes “significantly stronger”, according to deVere Group CEO and founder,...

Trends influencing FP&A and controller functions in finance

Financial planning and analysis (FP&A) and controllership leaders need to have a plan to harness the ways digital acceleration is disrupting legacy processes in their functions, says Gartner. “We’re seeing widespread acceptance among finance leaders...

This is why SA companies would outsource security

Kaspersky’s annual IT Security Economics report reveals that the complexity of cybersecurity solutions forced companies to outsource some functions to external infosec providers: they have more relevant expertise and can manage the technologies more efficiently...

Instant payment transactions to exceed 235bn by 2027

A study from Juniper Research has found that the number of consumer instant payments will exceed 235-billion in 2027; up from 74-billion in 2023. This growth of 218% will be driven by lower merchant acceptance costs when compared to traditional card schemes. This is...

This is what an asteroid looks like when hit with a spacecraft

Like a sports photographer at an auto-racing event, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a series of photos of asteroid Dimorphos when it was deliberately hit by a 1 200-pound NASA spacecraft called DART on 26 September 2022. The primary objective of DART,...
Least developed countries face deepening digital divide

Least developed countries face deepening digital divide

The digital connectivity divide separating the globe’s least developed countries (LDCs) from the world as a whole shows no sign of narrowing. In fact, it is widening on key factors, according to ITU’s Facts and Figures: Focus on Least Developed Countries....