SA lovers splash out for Valentine’s Day

SA lovers splash out for Valentine’s Day

A new study of card transactions has revealed that South Africa’s ‘love economy’ continues to grow, with Valentine’s Day spend up 11% and the overall number of transactions increasing by 36% over the past three years. This is according to the...

2020 gets off to an eventful start …

It’s fair to say this year has already gotten off to an eventful start, with the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) unexpectedly cutting the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6,25%, while lowering 2020 economic growth projections down from 1,4% to 1,2%. Of the...

Innovation drives SA banking inclusion

Innovation in banking is driving up transaction activity, according to the BankservAfrica Economic Transaction Index (BETI) for January 2020. “Rapid transformations in banking in South Africa are benefitting customers who are at the receiving end of improved...

Valentine’s and chocolate don’t always equal love …

With Valentine’s Day approaching, lovers around the world are working on finding the best way to celebrate with their loved ones. Meanwhile, cyber criminals around the world also seem to be caught up in the spirit of this unique day. Over the past two years,...

Growing market for offender monitoring

Berg Insight, the leading IoT market research provider, today released new findings on the market for Electronic Monitoring (EM) of offenders. The number of participants in Electronic Monitoring (EM) programmes for offenders on a daily basis amounted to around 39 000...

5G tests prove case for connected cars

Nokia has provided an end-to-end 5G portfolio to SoftBank to become first in the world to have successfully completed tests demonstrating that non-standalone 5G technology can be used to commercially operate connected cars. Using state-of the-art equipment from...