A new study from Juniper Research has found that the value of contactless payment transactions will reach $10-trillion globally by 2027; from $4,6-trillion in 2022. It anticipates that investment in the underlying contactless payments ecosystem, such as...

The worldwide Ethernet switch market grew 14,6% year over year in the second quarter of 2022 (2Q22) with revenues of $8,5-billion. The total worldwide enterprise and service provider (SP) router market recorded $4,2-billion in revenue in 2Q22, a 6,3% year-over-year...

A fake news article claiming SASSA accidentally paid grants to 17 000 illegal immigrants from Zimbabwe is doing the rounds on social media. The false article from a fake news site is incorrectly attributed to SASSA spokesperson, Paseka Letsatsi. SASSA has distanced...

Driving to the office, Marie, CIO of a large bank in France, often has this quote from Bill Gates on her mind: "We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next 10. Don't let yourself be...

Young South Africans who have left home to live independently may be financially strapped, but they are resourceful enough to rise above it. This is one of the key findings from the 2018 Old Mutual Savings & Investment Monitor, where an online booster sample...

Preliminary results for the second quarter of 2018 (2Q18) showed shipments of traditional PCs (desktop, notebook, and workstation) totalled 62,3-million units, recording solid year-on-year growth of 2,7%, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide...

Worldwide PC shipments totalled 62,1-million units in the second quarter of 2018, a 1,4% increase from the second quarter of 2017, according to preliminary results by Gartner. This is the first quarter of year-over-year global PC shipment growth since the first...

Intel plans to expand its programmable solutions portfolio to include structured ASICs by acquiring eASIC, a structured ASICs provider. eASIC has a 19-year success record and leading products. It's team will join Intel's Programmable Solutions Group. Having a...

AEON Credit Service, a subsidiary of AEON Financial Service, and Fujitsu will begin a Japanese field trial of a cardless payment system using Fujitsu's palm vein biometric authentication technology. Starting in September 2018, the trial will take place in selected...

Three myths are taking hold in the media and among other commentators as to why SAA cannot be closed down, according to a statement from the Free Market Foundation's (FMF). FMF's executive director Leon Louw says: "This is another example of the tyranny of twaddle...