Firms battle for slice of 'mobile money'
Big financial groups wanting a stake in the lucrative mobile money market are tapping into innovative technology to cash in on shoppers' digital wallets.
View ArticleZuma makes global power list
Nine South Africans, including President Jacob Zuma, Helen Zille and bosses of top firms have made the list of 500 most powerful people by a global magazine.
View ArticleApple controversy lays bare Irish tax web
Ireland has rejected US claims that it is a tax haven, despite revelations of Apple paying little or no tax on tens of billions of dollars.
View ArticlePayPal error makes man quadrillionaire
PayPal has accidentally credited a man with $92 quadrillion - making him the richest man in the world, a report says.
View ArticleBanks, e-commerce players set for battle
A major storm looks set to rock the online scene as some of the country’s largest e-commerce players square up against its biggest banking powers over fraud.
View ArticleA cash-free future
Online financial transactions titan PayPal says it is keen to collaborate with others as it strives for a cash-free future.
View ArticleeBay to buy payments platform Braintree
Online retailer eBay says it will acquire the mobile payments platform Braintree for $800m in cash.
View ArticleeBay profit rises, Icahn proposes spin-off
eBay has reported a higher profit for the holiday quarter as activist investor Carl Icahn submitted a proposal to spin off its PayPal business.
View ArticleRaider Icahn takes aim at eBay
Corporate raider Carl Icahn called on eBay to hive off payments unit PayPal, while blasting its directors for conflicts of interest and its CEO as "asleep".
View ArticleFingerprint security apt, but not perfect
Samsung's Galaxy S5 will be at least the third to have a fingerprint sensor for security but it's alone in letting you use that for general shopping, thanks to a partnership with PayPal.
View ArticleEbay asks all users to change passwords
Ebay is asking all its users to change their passwords, according to a message posted on the website of the company's online payment unit PayPal.
View ArticleEBay plans PayPal spinoff in 2015
EBay says it will spin off PayPal, its fast-growing payments business, into a publicly traded company, marking an about-face for the company.
View ArticleeBay-PayPal breakup set for July
US online giant eBay said its board has approved the planned spinoff of its PayPal online payments unit, which will trade as an independent company.
View ArticleSA Products that rock the globe
South Africa is known for sunshine, vuvuzelas, safaris and Madiba. Finweek takes a look at a number of these concepts and products that are standing SA in good stead overseas.
View ArticleAdvertorial: PayPal makes payments simpler and more secure
PayPal is an essential payments partner for businesses. This is how the payment service is powering e-commerce globally.
View ArticleE-commerce spend on SA phones to jump 70%
E-commerce spending by South Africans via their mobile devices is set to grow by 70% in 2016, a survey says.
View ArticleData breaches spook SA's online buyers
The majority of South Africans are turned off by security breaches on online shopping websites, a survey has found.
View ArticleAdvertorial: Take your online business global with PayPal
Want to take your online start-up global? PayPal explains the benefits of its ability to facilitate global payments and why this is what your online business needs.
View ArticleAdvertorial: Take your online business global with PayPal
Want to take your online start-up global? PayPal explains the benefits of its ability to facilitate global payments and why this is what your online business needs.
View ArticleAdvertorial: PayPal gives e-commerce the edge over traditional transacting
PayPal's safe payment options sets the payment service provider apart from other traditional transacting methods. Find out how it came to the aid of WooThemes.
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