07/28/2015
Equity Bank launches African mobile payment and banking service
Equity Bank has launched Equitel, its mobile payment and banking service, for the African market.
FinTech
07/27/2015
Destined To Disrupt: Kenya’s Equity Bank Takes On Safaricom With Own Mobile Service
Equity Bank, Kenya’s largest bank by customers, this week launched its own thin SIM in the market through its telecoms unit Equitel that run on the infrastructure of Bharti Airtel’s local arm.
07/27/2015
Cyber criminals find SA online users easy to milk
South African citizens, companies and the government are under constant cyber attack from online criminals, trade partners and foreign companies
07/27/2015
Advanced technology increasingly shaping Africa’s financial sector
The African financial services industry is rapidly evolving as a result of advancing technology which is fueling innovation and growth in the sector.
07/27/2015
The battle between Africa’s mobile phone companies and banks is a boon for financial inclusion
The two firms are already working together in Mali and plan to introduce the service in four other African countries.
07/24/2015
Of Cashless Policy and Technology Innovation
The solutions are either deployed to facilitate seamless cashless transactions between business to business
07/23/2015
EMP partners with Somalian bank
Emerging Markets Payments, the leading electronic payments processing company in Africa and the Middle East, is pleased to announce that it is now working with Premier Bank, its first customer in Somalia.
07/22/2015
Nigerian banks lose N199 Billion to online scams
The latest study showed that Nigerian banks in the past four weeks faced defacement attacks on their websites.
07/21/2015
Kenya's Equity Bank starts mobile pay service to challenge Safaricom
Service to use network of Kenya's second largest telecoms firm
07/21/2015
Kenya's Equity Bank launches ultra-thin SIM tech
Users can make calls, SMS, use data and access mobile money services.
07/21/2015
Standard Bank Expands InstantMoney service to Botswana and Uganda: Namibia to follow
Recipients, who do not need to be Standard Bank customers, can immediately withdraw the funds at any Standard Bank ATM
07/20/2015
SA link to global internet scams
The South Africa-based members of a global internet crime syndicate are suspected to have defrauded hundreds of US internet users out of millions of dollars by ensnaring them in a complex web of scams
07/17/2015
Are South Africans ready to give up their wallets?
According to Zaouini, it’s a question of when the wallet will cross the chasm, rather than if”.
07/17/2015
Nedbank rolls out SA’s first big data service
Market Edge arrives in an increasingly complex competitive environment
07/16/2015
Transfast Deploys Deposit Network Across 23 African Countries
Transfast’s African banking network will cover up to 90 percent of adult bank account holders in the 23 nations it serves.
07/14/2015
Connectivity and technology in Africa – ahead of the global game?
Mobile internet adoption in Africa is taking place at almost double the global rate
07/14/2015
Investment managers must tackle data analytics and cyber-risks
Investment managers must successfully navigate an increasingly complex regulatory environment, if they are to capitalise on growth opportunities, according to a new report by KPMG.
07/14/2015
Grant Thornton Johannesburg partners with Syrex
The new installation included the consolidation of their multiple sites in Sandton, Johannesburg into this single new network structure at the office's new contemporary premises in the Wanderers Office Park in Illovo.
07/14/2015
Nigeria: BVN Enrolment - Facts Behind Deadline Extension II
Another problem that necessitated the extension of the deadline for the BVN enrolment was technical in nature.
07/09/2015
EBS Direct adds Metallinvestbank and Standard Bank as liquidity providers
This brings the total number of LPs on EBS BrokerTec's fully disclosed, relationship based FX platform to 24 and expands its LP portfolio to include local market providers.