290 Mpho Sadiki, MD for Payfast Whereas merchants and industry usually push digital innovation, consumers are driving merchants to innovate in online payments. The proliferation of digital tools is upending the online…
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Tax frustration spills out into the open …
295 Open letter to the taxman hits a nerve, confirming systemic flaws in tax administration. A candid letter from a seasoned tax practitioner who worked for the South African Revenue Service (Sars)…
AI, automation and the agentic operating model
297 Steve Burke, is the executive for agentic automation at iqbusiness For more than a decade, automation inside banks has been used discreetly and on a distributed basis, principally for task automation….
Big solar and energy storage projects going live across South Africa
301 Several major renewable energy projects currently under construction will go live this year, according to industry organisation Sapvia. Once operational, these projects will collectively add hundreds of megawatts of new generation…
Illicit cigarette trade extinguishes British American Tobacco in SA
251 The closure of BAT threatens approximately 230 jobs in Lesedi Municipality. Will South Africans be paying more for cigarettes? This will be on the minds of smokers following an announcement that…
Why enterprises are turning to Cohesity for cyber resilience
233 Enterprise organisations face increasing data volumes, advanced cyberthreats, and higher demands for availability and recovery. Leaders are questioning whether current data resilience strategies can ensure security, governance and scalability without adding…
Nersa to redo electricity tariffs for Joburg, three other municipalities
236 Following a high court hearing that went into the evening on Wednesday (14 January), Judge Anthony Millar ordered energy regulator Nersa to redetermine the electricity tariffs applied in 2024/25 for the…
Visa moves to plug stablecoins into the global payments system
269 Visa is working to integrate stablecoins into existing payment systems, seeing an opportunity to maintain its market leadership as these tokens gain traction, Visa’s head of crypto, Cuy Sheffield, said in…
Learn before you leap with Binance: why crypto education matters
266 Binance South Africa GM Hannes Wessels The crypto world moves much more quickly than most people realise. At this speed, there’s plenty of opportunity, but plenty of danger, too. For Binance,…
Oracle sued as bondholders allege AI debt plans were hidden
260 Oracle chairman Larry Ellison. Robert Galbraith/Reuters Oracle was sued on Wednesday by bondholders who say they suffered losses because the company chaired by billionaire Larry Ellison concealed its need to sell…