{
  "id": 6602445,
  "title": "Lesaka’s first profit comes as its merchant business goes backwards",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/lesakas-first-profit-comes-as-its-merchant-business-goes-backwards",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-10T15:09:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechCentral",
    "slug": "techcentral",
    "url": "https://techcentral.co.za/lesaka-merchant-division-shrinks-first-profit/286013/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Lesaka Southern Africa CEO Lincoln Mali says merchant division growth will return only in the second half of FY2027.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}