Who owns Flash?
Flash, a financial brand, is owned by Pepkor (South Africa, JSE: PPH).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Pepkor integrated report 2025, Pepkor Holdings Limited. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Pepkor Holdings Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇿🇦 South Africa, Cape Town
- Origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Category
- Finance & insurance › Payments & lending › Processors & digital wallets
- Parent ticker
- JSE: PPH
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Flash
Flash is the fintech and informal-market platform of Pepkor, serving small traders such as spaza shops with payment devices, vouchers and bill payments. In the year to September 2025 its throughput grew 23% to R60 billion, it had 170,000 active traders, and its revenue rose 13.7% to R9.1 billion.
Ownership timeline of Flash
Where Flash sits in Pepkor
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Pepkor
Pepkor controls 15 brands on Brandtree.
Other brands in processors & digital wallets, and who owns them
The 10 brands in processors & digital wallets on Brandtree belong to 8 owners. The largest is Credicorp, with 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Culqi | Credicorp | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| Cybersource | Visa | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Argenpay | Banco Macro | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Izipay | IFS | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| BC Card | KT | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Vocalink | Mastercard | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Personal Pay | Telecom Argentina | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Yape | Credicorp | 🇵🇪 Peru |
About the owner: Pepkor
Pepkor is a publicly listed company headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa. Brandtree records 15 brands under its control, and it is listed as JSE: PPH.
Pepkor Holdings is a South African discount and value retailer listed on the JSE since 20 September 2017. Its 2025 integrated report describes a retail core of PEP, Ackermans and Choice Clothing, a Speciality division for fashion and footwear, a Lifestyle division selling furniture, appliances and technology, the Avenida chain in Brazil, and a financial services and informal-market business that includes Flash. It reported group revenue of R95.3 billion for the year to 30 September 2025.
🇿🇦 Flash and other South African brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 175 brands that began in South Africa. 12 of them (7%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Flash is not one of them.
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- Discovery Insure — Discovery 🇿🇦
- OM Bank — Old Mutual 🇿🇦
- Santam Agriculture — Santam 🇿🇦
- @home — TFG 🇿🇦
- Airlink — Airlink 🇿🇦
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Flash?
The parent company of Flash is Pepkor, a publicly listed company headquartered in South Africa.
Is Flash South African?
Yes. Flash originated in South Africa and its owner, Pepkor, is also headquartered in South Africa.
Is Flash still owned by Pepkor?
Yes. As of 12 October 2026, Flash is still owned by Pepkor. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Pepkor integrated report 2025 — Pepkor Holdings Limited, Annual report; retrieved 12 October 2026.
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