Police in South Africa have arrested suspects believed to be behind the kidnapping of a 13-year-old boy from Witbank and the attempted kidnapping of a 13-year-old girl from Middelburg, Times Live reports. The boy was reportedly kidnapped “in broad daylight” close to his home on… Read More
Authorities responsible for regulating finance, banking and taxation in South Africa have issued a consultation paper stating that regulation of the cryptocurrency/digital token sector should be enacted forthwith and adjusted to accommodate innovation later: “The IFWG and Crypto Assets Regulatory Working Group is of the… Read More
A South African Bitcoin trader is recovering in intensive care following his abduction and torture by bandits who allegedly robbed him of almost $66 000 USD in Bitcoin and cash. According to Soweto Urban, the man agreed to do a talk on cryptocurrency for a… Read More
A South African businessperson kidnapped two months ago was returned safely to his family this week amid rumours that captors demanded a ransom of 50 Bitcoins for his release. According to The South African, Liyaqat Parker, 65, was kidnapped from the parking garage under his workplace… Read More
The commissioner of the South African Revenue Service (SARS) told attendees at an auditors’ conference in Sandton this week that SARS is stepping up efforts to identify crypto traders and collect related taxes, FIN24 reports. “The key thing is identifying people who are trading because… Read More
Absa, a South Africa-based financial services group, announced this week it has teamed up with Samsung South Africa to offer customers early access to Samsung Pay before the service is commercially launched in South Africa. Arrie Rautenbach, CE of Absa Retail and Business Banking stated that… Read More
Wirecard, a Germany-based global provider of digital payments and commerce solutions, announced on Wednesday it has launched of its digital payment product, secureEFT, in South Africa. According to Wirecard, secureEFT is an instant electronic funds transfer payment service that allows customers to make secure online… Read More
Vio Digital, a South Africa-based fintech startup, announced on Thursday it is launching a new blockchain-based money transfer app to make it easier for customers to transfer money from person to person anywhere in the world. The company reports that across Africa, remittance solutions are typically… Read More
Fo-Sho, a South Africa-based insurance company and Startupbootcamp accelerator participant, announced this week it is planning to expand its insurtech product services in the region. Founded in 2016, Fo-sho describes itself as a South African insurtech startup that is powered by “cool” technology and using innovative… Read More
Entersekt, a South African-based fintech, announced this week it is launching a digital payments enablement product, Connekt, which will add new payment services to banking apps notably quickly and easily. According to the company, Connekt helps financial institutions resolve this quandary. It puts at their disposal… Read More
South African crowdfunding platform BackaBuddy recently announced its campaign has successfully raised a total of R50 million since its launch from more than 70,000 donors. Founded in 2007, BackaBuddy revealed that its online fundraising functionality is designed to help individuals raise funds for causes they… Read More
Regulators in China are Said to Plan a Blanket Ban on Initial Coin Offerings In response of the ICO craze, regulators in China including PBC, CSRC and NIFA have held several internal meetings to discuss the best approach to regulate this emerging token creation events…. Read More
Envestnet | Yodlee (NYSE: ENV), the data aggregation and data analytics platform powering cloud-based innovation for digital financial services, today announced a strategic partnership with AlphaCode, a collaborative club for next generation financial services entrepreneurs in South Africa. “The fintech landscape, combined with Africa’s entrepreneurial spirit,… Read More
Deloitte Digital (Africa) acquired the fintech services business Jinja Interactive, according to IT Online. The acquisition of Cape Town-based Jinja Interactive will boost Deloitte Digital’s growing value chain of digital expertise, particularly in digital financial services and fintech innovation. “We’re very happy to have the… Read More
Bondora, a pan-European marketplace lender, opens to accredited investors from the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and Australia. The platform now allows global accredited investors to invest directly into personal unsecured loans across three European markets including Spain,… Read More
Scott Picken is based in South Africa but he clearly thinks big when considering the addressable market for his real estate crowdfunding platform Wealth Migrate. It is his opinion that banking, insurance, real estate – basically all aspects of finance – will be revolutionized by… Read More
An entrepreneur who was inspired to develop a foolproof swimming pool alarm for children after a neighbor’s toddler drowned is about to put his vision into production, thanks to the crowdfunding platform Funding Tree. John Barstead was running an electrical engineering business in Johannesburg, South Africa,… Read More
According to a recent report RainFin, a Peer to Peer lender owned in part by Barclays, is broadening its reach to include small business loans. The P2P lender is following a similar path to Lending Club, the large US based P2P lender that just announced… Read More
GoldKey Resources, Inc., a natural resources development company, announced today the launch of a crowdfunding campaign with EquityNet, designed to raise US$1.5 million. Niles Helmboldt, CEO of GoldKey, stated, “Our crowdfunding initiative is part of an overall campaign to capitalize on opportunities to assist and… Read More
Ever wondered what it would be like to go backpacking through Europe or see the well-known waterfalls of Africa or even the Great Wall of China? Unfortunately, the cost has always stopped aspiring travelers in their tracks when booking their own adventures. According to South… Read More
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