03/18/2019
Back to Tanzania: FinTech entrepreneur brings digital banking to East Africa
Gates foundation alum and Stanford MBA Benjamin Fernandes tells the inspirational story behind mobile app startup NALA.
FinTech
03/17/2019
Maitland’s successful journey with RPA speeds up efficiencies
The value to the team has been that fund accountants are now freed up to focus on NAV reviews and the management and resolution of exceptions related to the NAV process.
03/15/2019
Investec reveals prototype of blockchain-based identity system
The user could then move between vendor stands and ‘check in’ by scanning a QR code.
03/15/2019
Bank of Tanzania embraces digital financial platforms
He further acknowledged that the digital financial services have been largely contributing to inclusiveness in financial services, with many Tanzanians using the mobile phones to make transactions.
03/14/2019
Digital banks threat looms
Transactional income will feel the pinch, but big banks have businesses which won’t be hit, at least in the short term
03/14/2019
SA business underplaying the danger of cybercrime?
In SA, experts are warning that the threat has never been this severe
03/14/2019
11 online start-ups in South Africa that are making waves on the internet
Many start-ups have gone on to become household names both locally and around the world.
03/14/2019
France opens €2.5bn funding window for African start-ups
French President Macron, who is on an official tour of the continent, currently in Kenya, now seeks to help absorb a portion of this neglected market segment through the Choose Africa policy-action running up to the year 2022.
03/13/2019
20 African Startups Enter World Bank Group Tech Acceleration Programme
L’Afrique Excelle is the francophone adaptation of the popular XL Africa program which seeks to foster a stronger connection between entrepreneurs in Anglophone and Francophone Africa
03/13/2019
Forbes Insights: Accelerate Business Value with Intelligent Automation
Forbes Insights surveyed over 300 senior executives around the world
03/11/2019
South Africa: Cloud Outsource Directive And Guidance Note Issued By The South African Reserve Bank
Banks must also consider the classification of data, materiality of the activity outsourced, level of risk, mode and form of cloud computing and offshoring of data.
03/11/2019
Crypto assets in South Africa: how safe are you?
Proposed regulation on the right track, and what to watch out for in the meantime.
03/11/2019
Objectway gets mentioned again by Gartner
Objectway is mentioned as a representative vendor for client-facing mobile apps.
03/11/2019
Vista Bank chooses cloud-native, cloud-agnostic Temenos Infinity and Temenos T24 Transact to provide innovative, customer-centered banking services
Vista Bank chooses cloud-native, cloud-agnostic Temenos Infinity and Temenos T24 Transact to provide innovative, customer-centered banking services
03/08/2019
How to encourage businesses to use Bitcoin SV
The biggest incentive for large retailers is the promise to help their margins: “price is everything,” Heidi found
03/07/2019
Increased role of SAM in corporate governance
According to Erasmus, most of the top South African banking groups and top financial services groups are either already using Flexera FNMS or are in the process of deployment and adoption of the solution.
03/07/2019
Cassava Fintech launches cross border money transfer service
“We do things differently and have grown our business by responding quickly to market needs,” says Mandivenga.
03/06/2019
What the digital onslaught means for South Africa’s big banks
Breakeven point is projected for 2022 with around two million customers.
03/06/2019
Microsoft opens first datacentres in Africa with general availability of Microsoft Azure
This makes Microsoft the first global provider to deliver cloud services from datacentres on the continent, which will help companies securely and reliably move their businesses to the cloud while meeting compliance needs.
03/04/2019
Fintech in Sub-Saharan Africa: A potential game changer
M-Pesa services are now offered in countries as diverse as Albania, D.R. Congo, Egypt, Ghana, India, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Romania, and Tanzania.