02/28/2017
MENA banking and securities firms to spend $12.4bln on software
Mena will become the third-fastest growing region.
FinTech
02/28/2017
People’s Bank of Zanzibar Selects ICS BANKS and ICS BANKS ISLAMIC System
Hafidh added “ICS BANKS will support conventional and Islamic banking services in 18 different branches among the country, hence we believe it will provide us with extra competitive advantages and flexibility.
02/21/2017
SA’s Zoona makes KPMG’s FinTech 100 list
Zoona was nominated in the Emerging Stars category, which showcases 50 of the emerging fintech stars of tomorrow.
02/20/2017
Citi Bank seeks to boost fintech in Nigeria with T41 challenge
Citi Bank’s Tech for Integrity Challenge is aimed at providing public sector entities with access to Nigeria’s indigenous tech innovators
02/20/2017
MTN South Africa continues mobile money plans post-Tyme
MTN’s focus on its financial services and digital banking operations has sharpened following a wave of recruitment from within the industry.
02/20/2017
The real ‘digital opportunity’ in banking
Exposing transactional services in new and different ways – such as a smartphone app – is a small component of digitisation.
02/20/2017
Uganda: Digital Banking - Why It Is Good for Business and Jobs
His comments came at a time when sections of people argued that digital banking tools were silently killing jobs.
02/17/2017
The real ‘digital opportunity’ in banking
The real value of digital lies in the opportunity to move far closer to the customer
02/17/2017
Kenya Bankers Association unveils real-time interbank switch
Banking industry has embraced the technology revolution
02/16/2017
MTN severs ties with partner Tyme
MTN Group will look for new ways to bring banking services to its customers’ mobile phones in South Africa
02/16/2017
UBA wins Most Innovative Bank of the Year
Our innovations in the digital banking space have been possible because of our huge investments in building efficient, trustworthy platforms.
02/13/2017
South Africa: Blockchain: The "Trust Machine" That Africa Needs?
New technologies play a determining role to enable Africa to go directly from the state of disorganization to a state of ultimate organization
02/13/2017
Take cover - cyber-attacks spawning in South Africa
Cybercrime activities are growing fast and evolving at a pace
02/13/2017
Warning: ATM card swap scam is on the rise – this is what to look out for
Some fraudsters wait until you’ve drawn your cash to take advantage
02/10/2017
CRMNEXT expands into SA market
CRMNEXT is used by one million bankers managing close to 850 million customers globally
02/10/2017
Interview: MyBucks leads the fintech charge, says bank’s ceo
African Bank had identified a lower income percentile of the population
02/10/2017
Growing global payment network is good for Africa
Collaboration is going to be crucial to the success of blockchain solutions going forward
02/10/2017
Xero opens tap to SA’s first direct bank feed
The collaboration will streamline and simplify small business’ accounting and banking processes
02/09/2017
From Asia to Africa: Why Wechat is a threat to Safaricom's M-Pesa
M-Pesa changed the lives of underbanked Africans decades ago
02/09/2017
Changing the face of banking, Brian Richardson of Wizzit
Wizzit International is a provider of mobile banking solutions for financial institutions