South Africa

South Africa is a country on the southernmost tip of the African continent, marked by several distinct ecosystems. Inland safari destination Kruger National Park is populated by big game. The Western Cape offers beaches, lush winelands around Stellenbosch and Paarl, craggy cliffs at the Cape of Good Hope, forest and lagoons along the Garden Route, and the city of Cape Town, beneath flat-topped Table Mountain.

South Africans The Subject Of Another Data Leak
South Africans The Subject Of Another Data Leak
May 23, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

South Africa, following a massive breach in October 2017, suffered another attack, with the personal records of 934,000 South Africans being leaked. Get the Full...

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Naspers Sells 2% Stake In Tencent For More Than $10B Windfall
Naspers Sells 2% Stake In Tencent For More Than $10B Windfall
March 23, 2018  |  Earnings

Naspers, the South African media and internet company, is unloading 2 percent of its stake in China’s Tencent, giving it up to $11 billion in...

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Mastercard Buys Oltio To Bolster Digital Payments
Mastercard Buys Oltio To Bolster Digital Payments
March 07, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Mastercard announced news on Tuesday (March 6) that it has completed its purchase of Oltio, the mobile payments technology company from Standard Bank Group. Get the...

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Can ‘Healthy Friction’ Help Build Consumer Trust?
Can ‘Healthy Friction’ Help Build Consumer Trust?
January 26, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Friction isn’t a deal-breaker for mobile banking and payment apps. To be sure, too much friction can send users running back to the App Store...

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Banks Linked to South African Money Laundering Scandal
Banks Linked to South African Money Laundering Scandal
October 20, 2017  |  Bank Regulation

HSBC and Standard Chartered, the two U.K. banks, are facing a review by the country’s financial regulators and the Serious Fraud Office to determine whether...

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South Africa’s Biggest Data Breach A Mystery
South Africa’s Biggest Data Breach A Mystery
October 19, 2017  |  Safety and Security

In what may be South Africa’s largest data breach, hackers may have gotten away with extensive personal information, including ID numbers, income, marital status, employment...

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FinTech Startup Is Toppling Cash King In South Africa With mPOS
FinTech Startup Is Toppling Cash King In South Africa With mPOS
October 16, 2017  |  Retail

In South Africa, where cash still reigns and there are few signs of merchants and consumers moving away from paper and coin payments, small- and medium-sized...

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South Africa’s Business Travelers Flock To Uber
South Africa’s Business Travelers Flock To Uber
September 12, 2017  |  B2B Payments

South African business travelers are flocking to sharing economy services like Uber and Airbnb, but business travel policy has so far failed to acknowledge the...

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Naspers Chairman Pushes Back On Calls To Sell Its Tencent Stake
Naspers Chairman Pushes Back On Calls To Sell Its Tencent Stake
August 28, 2017  |  International

Faced with calls to break up the eCommerce and Pay TV company and sell its stake in Tecent, the chairman of South Africa’s Naspers said...

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