SixThirty has made a multi-million Rand investment in Cape Town-based InsurTech company Click2Sure, marking the first time an African startup has caught the eye of the US-based tech venture fund. FULL STORY >

Rand Merchant Investments (RMI) startup incubator AlphaCode has taken another step to find the next unicorn in financial services when it chose Oyi Medical Card and awarded it R450 000 at its first virtual demo day. FULL STORY >

There are clear trends of increased investment, commercial use cases, growing education and improved tools - all contributing to blockchain’s growing influence. But when will the emerging tech really have its place in the sun? Experts... FULL STORY >

Microsoft and Mastercard have announced a new collaboration, aimed at building pathways to financial security and provide tools for sustainable growth FULL STORY >

Emerging technology Blockchain may well merit the praise it receives for portending breakthroughs, but it has its limits, according to Andile. FULL STORY >

Erick van der Linde, senior software engineer, Andile Solutions unpacks the basics of the elusive Blockchain and how it works. FULL STORY >

MTN today announced that its mobile money service, MoMo will go live in January 2020, allowing customers to send, receive, save and spend money as well as pay for goods and services using their mobile phones. FULL STORY >

The Black Friday postmortum is in - and this year, the year's biggest shopping day was a terrific one according to Transaction Junction. FULL STORY >

Thomas Pays, CEO of Ozow, offers insight into Facebook Pay and why its introduction spells a massive disruption for the payments industry. FULL STORY >

Kaspersky has predicted that predicted that fintech, mobile banking and e-commerce are in the crosshairs in the year ahead. Here's some advice on how you can stay cybersafe. FULL STORY >

SARB calls fintech firms to enter Global Fintech Hackcelerator FULL STORY >

Naked, an innovative AI driven insurance offering, is demonstrating just how much of a difference leveraging artificial intelligence can make to a business. FULL STORY >

Winter is coming for established financial service providers, but those prepared can spring ahead spring. This was the message from CEO and founder of T-Labs, Amin Toufani, at the SingularityU Exponential Finance... FULL STORY >

SingularityU South Africa will bring together more than 20 global thought leaders in technology, finance, and investment at its inaugural Exponential Finance Summit. FULL STORY >

The Exponential Finance Summit, taking place in Cape Town next week, could not have come at a more apt time, with the summit set to look at how technology can stimulate economic growth. FULL STORY >