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Fintech startups
13 stories on the South Africa desk in the last 30 days (13 this week). Latest: SA’s Walletdoc launches Visa Payment Passkeys for safer, frictionless online checkout. Updated 1 October 2026.
Latest raise: Mission Mobile secures $30.90 million investment from DNI for smartphone financing →
- SA’s Walletdoc launches Visa Payment Passkeys for safer, frictionless online checkout ↗
1 October 2026
- Crypto Regulations Put South Africa’s Top Banks In Conflict Over Payments ↗
30 September 2026
- Obiflex Among First In SA To Offer Buy-Now-Pay-Later For Prescription Medicine ↗
28 September 2026
- Millions Left Vulnerable As Financial Exclusion Fuels Illegal Lending In South Africa ↗
28 September 2026
- How Capitec’s Fintech Business Is Extending Its Value Proposition Beyond Traditional Banking ↗
30 September 2026
- SA’s Platybooks launches to help small businesses get paid in one step ↗
29 September 2026
- SASSA Gold Card: 280,000 People Still Need To Switch ↗
29 July 2026
- Paystack Launches Onsite Card Checkout for Shopify ↗
25 September 2026
- Airtime Lending Turf War Rocks South African Fintech Quietly Dominant In Nigeria ↗
25 September 2026
- Old Mutual launches OM Bank to challenge South Africa’s big four lenders ↗
25 September 2026
- SARB Hikes Rates By 25 Basis Points As Global Oil Shock Intensifies Inflation Risks ↗
23 September 2026
- Mission Mobile secures $30.90 million investment from DNI for smartphone financing ↗
23 September 2026 · raise card
- Bank Zero reaches break-even milestone 5 years after launch ↗
23 September 2026