Managers of Wealth Africa

South Africa: We Won't Dump USSD Banking - FNB

The new banking application platform is expected to allow FNB to deliver content as well as a similar look and feel across banking and web platforms.

The Blockchain & Bitcoin Africa Conference 2016 Receives Support From Absa

The conference aims to investigate the upcoming challenges and opportunities provided by bitcoin and the blockchain technology as well as their impact on the current social, economic and political order.

Barclays and Blockchain to Make a Difference in African Banking Sector

Barclays launches its Rise - fintech innovation and acceleration program in Africa to improve the banking sector.

If You Don’t Have a Digital Strategy, You Should Have by Objectway

Following the private ComPeer seminar about digital engagement and strategies we wrote about recently, we had a chance to approach our Chief Business Development Officer, Peter Schramme, and ask him a few questions about the event and his take on digital

Africa’s big banks are betting on fintech startups and bitcoin to beat disruption

You have a headwind from Silicon Valley and Europe blowing into Africa now around the disruption in fintech.

It's Time for Banks to Make East Africa an Electric Payment Society - EY

Banks have leveraged off the success of mobile access growth on the continent which has in turn broadened financial inclusion.

African Dev Bank, Gates Foundation plan digital finance fund

As an example of the rapid growth of e-banking services, the West African Central Bank recently revealed that there were 346.9 million financial operations worth XOF 5.13 trillion in the first nine months of 2015.

Cashless Africa the Answer to Financial Inclusion

These localized technology solutions is what will bring financial services to Africa’s unbanked and under-served faster than traditional methods.

Africa: Mobile Phone Users in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya Hit 700 Million

According to a report by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), mobile technology has played a crucial role in promoting financial inclusion in SSA, where less than 20 per cent of households have access to formal financial services.

Albaraka Announces Successful Implementation of Finacle Banking Solutions

"The new technology platforms will enable the bank to extend its service offering and geographical scope as it seeks to bring banking services to more and more people.”

UBA Bank customers get mobile banking, savings services with Airtel Money

Kenyans are now able to open and operate Savings Account with UBA bank from the convenience of their Airtel Kenya mobile phones.

Nigeria’s Unity Bank goes live with Fiserv’s Corillian Online for retail banking

Somefun adds that the bank is already working on adding more functionality, including business banking services.

Namibia joins Africa's mobile phone banking boom

In terms of the percentage of use of mobile accounts by those over 15 years, Namibia ranked 10%, Kenya just below 58% and Uganda 38%.

Standard Bank moves on digital transformation

Digital Skills Academy’s European-university accredited one-year International BSc degree programmes in digital skills

South African Payments Market Roaring

Mercator Advisory Group releases new research profiling South Africa's prospects as an emerging payments market.

Bravura Launches Sonata CPPI Module With Integrated Risk Management Hedging

Barclays first bank to offer client risk management solution through Bravura platform that supports individualised protection for investment portfolios

Bank: Access ATM without a card

Cash machines can be operated with help of cell phone

Kenya: Equity Enters Deal to Beef Up Cyber Defences

The new service enabled a mobile phone user to access their bank account on a secure platform

Tanzania Fails to Gain From Digital Wealth

A new World Bank report says while developed economies have immensely benefited from digital technologies, Tanzania and many other developing countries have not.

Equity Bank, an African financial services powerhouse, chooses Entersekt to protect its digital channels

Equity Bank is a subsidiary of Nairobi-headquartered Equity Group Holdings.

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