🎙 Bank vs. Big Retail: Absa vs. Shoprite’s Money Market | Empire & Legacy S2E7
- Author
- empireandlegacy
- Published
- Mon 11 Aug 2025
- Episode Link
- https://empireandlegacy.podbean.com/e/039/
The war for Africa’s everyday payments has a new frontline: the supermarket till. In this episode of Empire & Legacy, we dive into the high-stakes battle between Absa — one of the continent’s banking heavyweights — and Shoprite’s Money Market, a low-cost, high-convenience fintech platform embedded right where millions shop.
You’ll discover:
How embedded finance is shifting power from banks to retailers.
CEO strategies for winning unbanked and underbanked markets.
The regulatory and macroeconomic forces shaping payments in Africa up to 2025.
Why foot traffic might be the most valuable currency in financial services.
🎧 Listen now to see who might win the checkout war.
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