The African Financial Industry Barometer 2025 depicts a sector at a technology inflection point. (Image created using GenAI via ChatGPT) Africa’s financial sector is in the midst of a pronounced technological transformation, with digital innovation now being central to organisations’ competitive strategy. However, firms struggle to fully mature their tech adoption and face hurdles in…
The author, Luno’s Marius Reitz By the end of 2025, it had become clear, even to the most hardened sceptics, that digital assets, cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology were no longer on the fringe of the traditional finance system but rather embedded in global finance, investment markets and payment systems. The real question for 2026 is…
Maziv CEO Dietlof Mare South Africa’s competition authorities need to improve the speed at which they make decisions to limit the harm that drawn-out regulatory processes have on businesses, their associated industries and consumers. Speaking to the TechCentral Show in an exclusive podcast interview that will be published on Tuesday, Maziv CEO Dietlof Mare said…
A group representing the world’s biggest stock exchanges has called on securities regulators to clamp down on so-called tokenised stocks, arguing that the blockchain-based tokens create new risks for investors and could harm market integrity, a letter seen by Reuters shows. Tokenised equities are blockchain-based tokens created to represent shares in companies. The tokens represent…
