Virtual card providers, Thread carefully

<div> <div> <div>This episode is also available on YouTube -&nbsp;https://youtu.be/HtNJXbIJANk</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> </div> <div>Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, we discuss several hot topics sweeping the African tech space this week.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>The stories:</strong></div> <ul> <li>Payday suspends partnership with Mastercard</li> <li>South Africa's Information Regulator fines the Department of Justice R5 million&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li>PoS users in Lagos to pay more in transaction charges</li> <li>OPay caps free transfers to other banks to three daily</li> </ul> <div> <div> <div>Subscribe to <strong>The Workaholic</strong> -&nbsp;https://techpoint.africa/subject/work/</div> <div>and</div> <div><strong>Fintech Today</strong> -&nbsp;https://techpoint.africa/subject/fintech/</div> <div>and</div> <div><strong>Techpoint Digest</strong> -&nbsp;https://techpoint.africa/subject/techpoint-digest/</div> <div>and</div> <div><strong>Intelpoint's newsletter</strong> -&nbsp;https://intelpoint.co/</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>Timestamps</strong></div> <div>00:00 - Intro</div> <div>01:31 - Meta launches Threads</div> <div>09:34 - Payday suspends Mastercard partnership</div> <div>17:58 - Payday COO steps down</div> <div>20:48 - South Africa's Department of Justice fined R5 million</div> <div>25:25 - Lagosians to pay more for PoS services</div> <div>34:51 - Opay caps free transfers to other banks</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <div> <div><strong>Useful links</strong></div> <ul> <li>Meta&rsquo;s Threads <a href="https://techpoint.africa/2023/07/06/threads-app-launches-in-100-countries/">app launches in 100 countries, hitting 10 million users in 7 hours</a></li> <li>Payday suspends <a href="https://techpoint.africa/2023/07/04/payday-suspends-partnership-mastercard/">virtual card partnership with Mastercard, directs users to Visa</a></li> <li>Payday <a href="https://techpoint.africa/2023/07/04/payday-coo-to-step-down/">Co-founder to step down after 18 months</a></li> <li>South Africa's <a href="h