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.

TransferTo Teams Up With Stellar; Bunq Unveils Payment Link Service

TransferTo Teams Up With Stellar; Bunq Unveils Payment Link Service
TransferTo Teams Up With Stellar; Bunq Unveils Payment Link Service
July 25, 2018  |  Global Payments

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes TransferTo‘s tie-up with Stellar Development Foundation for cross-border facilitation services. In...

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Liberty CEO: Customers Untouched By Recent Cyberattack
Liberty CEO: Customers Untouched By Recent Cyberattack
June 18, 2018  |  Cybersecurity

Liberty Holdings’ CEO said its customers have not suffered any financial losses so far after the company was hit with a cyberattack over the weekend....

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South African Crypto Firm May Have Bilked $80 Million
South African Crypto Firm May Have Bilked $80 Million
May 25, 2018  |  Cryptocurrency

Count one more (alleged) cryptocurrency scam on the global stage. Reuters reported Friday that in South Africa, an investigation has been opened into a ruse...

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Bitcoin Daily: Bloomberg Reporters Pulled Into Crypto Scam, Norway Considers Central Bank Digital Currency
Bitcoin Daily: Bloomberg Reporters Pulled Into Crypto Scam, Norway Considers Central Bank Digital Currency
May 24, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Bitcoin dropped below the $8,000 level on Wednesday (May 23), MarketWatch reported. The cryptocurrency was $7,522.24 as of 8:03 p.m., according to CoinDesk. But bitcoin wasn’t...

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South Africans The Subject Of Another Data Leak
South Africans The Subject Of Another Data Leak
May 23, 2018  |  Cybersecurity

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

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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

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

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Can ‘Healthy Friction’ Help Build Consumer Trust?
Can ‘Healthy Friction’ Help Build Consumer Trust?
January 26, 2018  |  Cybersecurity

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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