| Date | Title | Description |
| 09.04.2026 | The open banking divide in South Africa | Standard Bank Group’s Simon Just
Standard Bank has come out in defence of a market-led approach to open banking in South Africa that the Reserve Bank recently criticised, while the fintech industry is calling for more regulation.
In March, ... |
| 28.11.2025 | R1-million spent in a single click as Black Friday heats up | Payment service provider Peach Payments late Friday said it has tracked a Black Friday-linked transaction worth R1.09-million, which it said was spent in the travel and tourism sector.
“Peach Payments has been tracking Black Friday digital ... |
| 20.08.2025 | Peach Payments Announces Real-Time Clearance Payouts | Share this:
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| 11.08.2025 | TICON Africa Conference Set for August 20–22 in Accra | The 2025 TICON Africa Conference is scheduled to take place from August 20 to 22 at the Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra, Ghana. This year’s event is co-hosted by the Institute of ICT Professionals Ghana (IIPGH) and the Chartered Institute of Ma... |
| 28.07.2025 | National utility could unleash payments shake-up in South Africa | The Reserve Bank’s plan to overhaul South Africa’s payments ecosystem should expand participation in the financial services sector by fintechs and their customers.
That’s the view of payments gateway operator Peach Payments.
“Peach Payments... |
| 28.07.2025 | Bitcoin payments a step closer to mainstream adoption in South Africa | Payment gateway provider Peach Payments has added bitcoin and other cryptocurrency payment options to its merchant services portfolio through a partnership with fellow Cape Town-based crypto specialist MoneyBadger.
MoneyBadger enabled Pick ... |
| 06.04.2025 | Peach Payments Acquires West-African Payments Gateway PayDunya | Share this:
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| 29.01.2025 | Payment companies form new industry body in South Africa | Asapp founding members represented by Ali Mazanderani, Lesaka Technologies; Peter Berry, Shop2Shop; Rahul Jain, Peach Payment Services; Lincoln Mali, Lesaka Technologies; Moosa Manjra, Hello Group; Matt Puttman, iKhokha; Mpho Sadiki, Networ... |
| 16.12.2024 | Takealot bets on townships to fend off global rivals | Esa Alexander/Reuters
South Africa’s biggest e-commerce retailer, Takealot, has hired thousands of personal shoppers to help it penetrate townships and rural areas and fend off increased competition from global rivals.
Attracted by growth p... |
| 24.07.2024 | Peach Payments Acquires Custom Software Development Firm Operativa | Share this:
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| 08.05.2024 | Surging e-commerce tops 6% of total retail sales in South Africa | South Africa’s e-commerce sector is growing rapidly, reaching a record R71-billion in sales value in 2023, according to a new report.
This represents 29% growth from R55-billion in 2022, and means that online retail is now represents 6% of ... |
| 24.10.2022 | Stitch, Peach Payments launch instant EFT checkouts | South Africa-based digital payments gateway Peach Payments and API fintech Stitch have partnered to enable online merchants across the country to accept secure, low-cost instant EFT payments.
The payment method is available to all Peach Pay... |
| 24.10.2022 | Stitch, Peach Payments launch instant EFT checkouts | South Africa-based digital payments gateway Peach Payments and API fintech Stitch have partnered to enable online merchants across the country to accept secure, low-cost instant EFT payments.
The payment method is available to all Peach Pa... |
| 31.05.2022 | Tiger Global leads $15.8m round of SG payment gateway firm | FintechInvestmentsNewsStartups
Aditya Hadi Pratama · 3h ago · 1 min readTiger Global leads $15.8m round of SG payment gateway firm
HitPay, a Singapore-based fintech startup, has raised US$15.8 million in a series A funding round led by Tige... |
| 09.03.2022 | Africa: Fintech Leads in African Startup Investment But Huge Funding Gap Remains | Cape Town — A Briter Bridges report reveals African startup investment trends, as interest in startups across the continent continues to grow, particularly in the financial technology (fintech) space. However, gender disparities remain as t... |
| 16.04.2021 | Peach Payments eyes Africa expansion after funding round | Local fintech firm Peach Payments has received funding for an undisclosed amount in the latest round of investment in the business.
The funding round, says Peach Payments, was again led by Umkhathi Wethu Ventures (UW Ventures) in partnershi... |
| 14.04.2021 | KKR leads $60.6m funding in Japan’s largest QR code payment gateway Netstars | Netstars Co Ltd, the operator of Japan’s largest QR code payment gateway, has raised 6.6 billion yen ($60.6 million) in its latest funding round led by private equity giant KKR & Co, according to an announcement.
KKR made a 4 billion ye... |
| 14.04.2021 | KKR leads $60.6m funding in Japan’s largest QR code payment gateway Netstars | Premium
Netstars Co Ltd, the operator of Japan’s largest QR code payment gateway, has raised 6.6 billion yen ($60.6 million) in its latest funding round led by private equity giant KKR & Co, according to an announcement.
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| 06.07.2020 | Tech startups share their lockdown experiences | Several of South Africa’s startups, associated with AlphaCode, share how the country’s extended lockdown has provided some with growth opportunities as some individuals adapt to how they engage with their finances while a few other fintechs... |
| 06.07.2020 | Tech startups share their lockdown experiences | Several of South Africa’s startups, associated with AlphaCode, share how the country’s extended lockdown has provided some with growth opportunities as some individuals adapt to how they engage with their finances while a few other fintechs... |
| 02.07.2020 | South Africa’s Tech Startups Share Their Lockdown Experiences | Andile Maseko, head of ecosystem development, AlphaCode
South Africa’s FinTech startups, associated with AlphaCode, share how the country’s extended lockdown has provided some with growth opportunities as people adapt how they engage with t... |
| 02.07.2020 | South Africa’s Tech Startups Share Their Lockdown Experiences | Andile Maseko, head of ecosystem development, AlphaCode |
| 20.05.2020 | Allan Gray, Umkhathi Wethu to Fund Peach Payments Africa Expansion | Co-founders of Peach Payments: Andreas Demleitner and Rahul Jain
South Africa’s FinTech startup Peach Payments announced on Wednesday that it has received funding from fund manager Allan Gray and private equity Umkhathi Wethu (UW Ventures).... |
| 20.05.2020 | Allan Gray, Umkhathi Wethu to Fund Peach Payments Africa Expansion | Co-founders of Peach Payments: Andreas Demleitner and Rahul Jain |
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| 16.01.2017 | Top African technology news for January 16, 2017 | 8. Ajo is a new mobile app that lets you discover and recommend your favourite places across Africa
The newly launched app is a location-based social network that lets users find local businesses and interesting places around Africa. Users ... |
| 06.10.2016 | SA fintech startup, Peach Payments is expanding to Nigeria and Kenya | South African payments startups, Peach Payments, recently launched a payments solution called PaySafe, and announced their intention to expand to three African countries – Nigeria, Kenya and Namibia.
Peach Payments is a startup that offers ... |
| 05.10.2016 | SA’s a fintech startup Peach Payments expands to Kenya, Nigeria | - |
| 12.05.2016 | 26 Fintech startups you absolutely need to know about [Digital All Stars] | Digital All Stars is a series of 24 articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn, recognise and celebrate South Africa’s best digital entrepreneurs, business... |
| 12.05.2016 | 26 Fintech startups you absolutely need to know about [Digital All Stars] | Digital All Stars is a series of 24 articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn, recognise and celebrate South Africa’s best digital entrepreneurs, business... |
| 11.12.2015 | Rise: Barclays officially opens hub to catalyse fintech innovation in Africa | Last month, ex-Barclay’s CEO Antony Jenkins warned that banks face massive disruption within the very near future. Similar to how the popular ride-sharing app Uber is upsetting the balance within the transport industry, so too does the fina... |
| 11.12.2015 | Rise: Barclays officially opens hub to catalyse fintech innovation in Africa | Last month, ex-Barclay’s CEO Antony Jenkins warned that banks face massive disruption within the very near future. Similar to how the popular ride-sharing app Uber is upsetting the balance within the transport industry, so too does the fina... |
| 17.09.2015 | 10 of the most disruptive startups shortlisted for Tech Lab Africa accelerator programme | Share this article:
Barclays Africa through TechLabAfrica called upon some of Africa’s brightest, ambitious and revolutionary early stage technology companies to take on some of Africa’s biggest financial and healthcare challenges and now, ... |
| 12.05.2015 | Ventureburn speaks to entrepreneurial maestro Adii Pienaar on Receiptful’s $500k Angel round | South African serial entrepreneur and investor Adii Pienaar’s new startup called Receiptful is making some noise. The co-founder of the popular website theme builder, WooThemes — which is also behind one of the world’s biggest online shop b... |
| 12.05.2015 | Ventureburn speaks to entrepreneurial maestro Adii Pienaar on Receiptful’s $500k Angel round | South African serial entrepreneur and investor Adii Pienaar’s new startup called Receiptful is making some noise. The co-founder of the popular website theme builder, WooThemes — which is also behind one of the world’s biggest online shop b... |
| 06.10.2014 | Here are the 10 finalists to pitch at SiMODiSA Startup South Africa | Flying the banner “Get-Up Start-Up”, South African entrepreneurial initiative SiMODiSA will see ten savvy startups pitch at its conference this week Friday.
With an exciting diverse group of initiatives — from solar solutions to education ... |
| 06.10.2014 | Here are the 10 finalists to pitch at SiMODiSA Startup South Africa | Flying the banner “Get-Up Start-Up”, South African entrepreneurial initiative SiMODiSA will see ten savvy startups pitch at its conference this week Friday.
With an exciting diverse group of initiatives — from solar solutions to education a... |
| 11.07.2014 | Khusela wins Seedstars Cape Town with this savvy fire-detection device | In the past few weeks, the global Seedstars World competition has been making its rounds across Africa in an effort to find the most impressive startups from emerging markets to compete with each other in Geneva, Switzerland. The regional t... |
| 11.07.2014 | Khusela wins Seedstars Cape Town with this savvy fire-detection device | In the past few weeks, the global Seedstars World competition has been making its rounds across Africa in an effort to find the most impressive startups from emerging markets to compete with each other in Geneva, Switzerland. The regional t... |
| 20.05.2014 | Meet the 7 startups that pitched at Net Prophet’s Sparkup!Live | Last night the big names in technology and investment met up in downtown Cape Town with some of the most promising startup offerings in the city. Net Prophet’s Sparkup!Live is a self-professed business gauntlet connecting founders to secure... |
| 20.05.2014 | Meet the 7 startups that pitched at Net Prophet’s Sparkup!Live | Last night the big names in technology and investment met up in downtown Cape Town with some of the most promising startup offerings in the city. Net Prophet’s Sparkup!Live is a self-professed business gauntlet connecting founders to secure... |
| 26.04.2013 | Meet the 10 startups that debuted at 88mph’s Demo Day | Demo Day has come and gone for African startup accelerator 88mph and the ten startups that completed their intensive three month acceleration programme, capped off with a beautiful Cape Town sunset.
The ten startups that presented on the da... |
| 26.04.2013 | Meet the 10 startups that debuted at 88mph’s Demo Day | Demo Day has come and gone for African startup accelerator 88mph and the ten startups that completed their intensive three month acceleration programme, capped off with a beautiful Cape Town sunset.
The ten startups that presented on the d... |
| 23.04.2012 | Umbono Alpha Beta: Beer, pizza and startups, the Google way | Umbono Alpha Beta is a Google event at which you can have as much free beer and pizza as you want, as long as you love startups.
Memeburn was invited to watch as six startups — three teams at the end of their six month Umbono program (last ... |
| 23.04.2012 | Umbono Alpha Beta: Beer, pizza and startups, the Google way | Umbono Alpha Beta is a Google event at which you can have as much free beer and pizza as you want, as long as you love startups.
Memeburn was invited to watch as six startups — three teams at the end of their six month Umbono program (last... |
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