South Africa invites investors, institutions and media to meet South African innovators building secure digital-asset custody and AI-driven financial intelligence, and to help shape an Africa–Asia fintech corridor. South Africa arrives at Hong Kong FinTech Week 2026 with a clear proposition for Asian capital: a well-regulated financial system, Africa’s deepest capital markets and a new
BNPL is becoming an increasingly mainstream part of how South Africans manage their spending and household cash flow. With annual inflation at 4.4% in August, the repo rate now at 7.25%, and petrol prices up to over R30 a litre, consumers have even more reason to think carefully about when they spend and how they
Nuvei, the global fintech building the infrastructure for every payment, everywhere, today announced that it has secured authorization from the Payments Association of South Africa (PASA) to offer local merchant payment services in South Africa, expanding its ability to support global brands and local businesses through its global payments platform. The authorization advances Nuvei’s Every
Nomba, a business banking and financial infrastructure platform, has extended its existing Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) payments corridor into Zambia through licensed local partners. The highly strategic move into Africa’s fastest-growing trade route advances the company’s Pan-African business banking ambitions and follows the recent fundraise to expand cross-border payments infrastructure in the DRC.
Absa Group, one of Africa’s largest diversified financial services providers, has selected Thunes, the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world, as a strategic Multicurrency Clearing (MCC) partner for the Group. The new collaboration builds on the two companies’ recent launch of Absa Global Pay in South Africa which demonstrated the value of combining the company’s
Mukuru, the Pan-African fintech trusted by more than 17 million customers, today launched the Mukuru Account & Card in South Africa. The product is offered in partnership with Bank Zero, the licensed sponsor bank, and is enabled by Paymentology and Mastercard. The new proposition builds on Mukuru’s established remittance and card foundation, giving customers access to
SBV Services, for forty years, has played a critical role within the cash ecosystem, ensuring the secure processing, storage, movement, and distribution of cash across South Africa. As the organisation celebrates its 40th anniversary, SBV Services (SBV) Group CEO, Mark Barrett reflects on the company’s legacy, impact and enduring purpose as an organisation that is about
Walletdoc, one of South Africa’s leading payment technology companies, is bringing Visa Payment Passkeys to local merchants, enabling them to offer shoppers a faster, more secure and passwordless online checkout. South African shoppers can now skip the frustrating redirect to their bank and the one-time PINs that slow down online card payments and instead approve
AFRICLOUD, a cloud infrastructure company, has opened its third African region in Lagos and now accepts payment in local currency across West, Central, East and Southern Africa. Businesses across the continent can run servers in Nigeria, South Africa or Portugal from one account, and pay for them the way they already pay for everything else. Buying
International Trade Centre (ITC) and The Access Africa Office, the coordinating office for the African subsidiaries of Access Bank Plc one of Africa’s leading pan-African financial institutions, establish a new partnership to boost access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises, and increase access to markets and skills training, in 14 African countries. The programme
