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Research

Research that defines the market, not comments on it.

A flagship annual report that establishes authority, and a quarterly tracker that creates frequency — together, a benchmark for South African payments over time.

Annual flagship · In production

The State of Merchant Acquiring & Acceptance in South Africa

How South African merchants get paid, who is winning the merchant relationship, and where the market is heading — with the SME merchant opportunity as the hero theme.

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Quarterly tracker · Coming soon

The Payments Brief PayShap Tracker

A quarterly read on real-time and account-to-account payments in South Africa — adoption, trends and interpretation, built on public data.

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The Payments Brief Weekly

Intelligence for people who move money.

The weekly brief on African payments — read by heads of payments, acquiring and merchant services.

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