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Always-on: The new payment advantage (opens the original)
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When a payment system goes down, it's not an IT incident. It's a business continuity crisis. For decades, companies treated payment processing as back-office infrastructure: an IT problem to be logged and resolved like any other system failure. That thinking is outdated and costly. South African consumers regularly share payment frustrations on social media, where a single failed transaction can quickly escalate into a public customer-service issue. In many cases, the reputational cost far outwe
Lay-by is back: How retailers are driving sales with flexible payments (opens the original)
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South African consumers have become far more value conscious. Rising living costs, high interest rates and ongoing economic uncertainty means that many of them still need to purchase essential goods, but they’re looking for smarter ways to pay. We’ve seen a noticeable shift from simply asking, “Can I afford this today?” to “how can I pay for this responsibly over time?” That shift is why flexible payment options such as modern lay-by (an offer where customers can reserve goods and pay over a per
SA medical practices can now reduce card transaction costs with first-to-market payment solution (opens the original)
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As South African medical practices continue to navigate rising operating costs, Altron FinTech has introduced a new way to manage payment expenses. The company today announced the launch of a first-to-market payment solution designed specifically for medical practices, replacing percentage-based card transaction fees with a fixed monthly subscription of R565, including 0% transaction fees on card payments up to R10 000. The solution is the first in South Africa to combine a fixed monthly subscri
Cash vs digital payments: Why going digital wins in the kasi economy (opens the original)
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South Africa's kasi economy is resilient, substantial and largely invisible to the national payment systems built to manage and service digital transactions. That invisibility is not an accident. It is the outcome of decades of infrastructure that was never designed with the informal economy in mind. Cash dominates the kasi for entirely rational reasons. It is free to use, settles instantly, requires no connectivity and trust in it was earned over generations. When a trader accepts cash, both pa
From plastic to digital: The evolution of card issuance and identity (opens the original)
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The card in your wallet has changed more than most people realise. What began as a strip of magnetic tape capable of moving money has become something far more significant: a trusted credential that increasingly defines who you are, what you can access and how organisations verify your identity across both physical and digital environments. The numbers reflect just how central this shift has become. The global card issuance system market, valued at USD 18.7 billion in 2025, is projected to reach
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