When agentic AI goes rogue with crypto
An Alibaba AI agent used company servers to mine crypto. The problem is, no-one told it to. AI spending is now live, and nobody’s…
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How AI and crypto will break the internet’s payment model
OpenAI’s Instant Checkout and Coinbase’s x402 point to a new web: frictionless micropayments replacing surveillance, subscriptions and ad-driven models…
The Naspers ‘rump’ has (finally) found its sizzle
Not too long ago, Naspers’s e-commerce businesses were burning cash. Now they’re almost all profitable, while the Tencent juggernaut soldiers on…
The PAPSS promise: Faster, cheaper Africa payments
The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System could transform cross-border payments. But it faces integration, liquidity and infrastructure hurdles…
Inside Paystack’s local play
Payments company Paystack is a market leader in Nigeria. But it’s set up businesses around Africa too, and is now making inroads in South…
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When disaster strikes: FirstRand’s pay dilemma
The FCA’s MotoNovo redress scheme has cost FirstRand R11.9bn more…
South Africa’s big crackdown on greenwashing
The financial sector regulator plans to close the loopholes on…
Eskom’s tightrope: Jobs vs chrome revenue
Unless South Africa’s ferrochrome producers get price relief from Eskom,…
Tit-for-tat over Hormuz
Trump says the US military has blockaded Iranian ports to…
