The busiest shopping day of the year is coming to a close. With almost every major retailer offering their best sales of the year, you’ve got only a few hours left to shop Black Friday deals. Those Ugg clogs you’ve been dreaming about? The AirPods at the top of your wishlist? The Lego set that…
FNB is investigating glitches on its mobile app. Big-four bank FNB is suffering glitches on its mobile application on Black Friday. According to Downdetector, a site that monitors website outages, South Africans started reporting issues with access to the FNB app from 9am. When trying to log in to the app, earlier this morning, FNB…
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 transactions data in real time throughout the day on its dashboard and has already experienced more than 80% growth…
As the holiday shopping season starts to kick into high gear, Americans are balancing Black Friday deals with lingering concerns about their own finances. Consumers are looking to shell out less this holiday season, new data from Deloitte shows. Surveyed shoppers said they plan to spend 4% less than last year between Black Friday and…
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ITWeb welcomed Ursula Pearson-Williams, Head of Fraud Intelligence at PayInc, to the studio to talk about online fraud, regulations and what every Black November buyer should know. #payinc #freaudawarenessweek #itwebtvbiz Digital payment solutions are becoming increasingly agile and capable, and in line with the instant expectations of South African consumers. Unfortunately, so is fraud. In…
Absa expects that growth of buy now, pay later (BNPL) services will boost Black Friday sales this year for e-commerce merchants. It said in a statement on Wednesday that last year, e-commerce was not as strong as in prior years. However, it believes that from the perspective of the retail client, BNPL will remain a…
As the world prepares for another Black Friday (28 November), South African small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have a golden opportunity to stand out from the big brand noise by offering more value-driven, authentic alternatives. “Big retailers may win on price, but small businesses can win on connection,” saysSudir Sahadeo, Regional Investment Manager at Business…
Cyber criminals are ramping up as Black Friday nears. (Picture: Gerd Altmann via Pixabay) The shopping frenzy that starts in November has become a ripe picking ground for hackers who target retailers and consumers caught up in sales and discounts, rather than being on the lookout for fraud. This threat is compounded by typical holiday…
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