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SA business underplaying the danger of cybercrime?

In SA, experts are warning that the threat has never been this severe

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.

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.

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

Forbes Insights: Accelerate Business Value with Intelligent Automation

Forbes Insights surveyed over 300 senior executives around the world

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.

Crypto assets in South Africa: how safe are you?

Proposed regulation on the right track, and what to watch out for in the meantime.

Objectway gets mentioned again by Gartner

Objectway is mentioned as a representative vendor for client-facing mobile apps.

Vista Bank chooses cloud-native, cloud-agnostic Temenos Infinity and Temenos T24 Transact to provide innovative, customer-centered banking services

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

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.

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.

What the digital onslaught means for South Africa’s big banks

Breakeven point is projected for 2022 with around two million customers.

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.

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.

Unending bank customers’ rip-off over failed transactions

In furtherance to the cashless policy, many bank customers have embraced electronic banking for a number of transactions.

Downside of Technology for Advisors: Increased Cybercrime

But there’s a problem, the firm notes: “Our data suggests that despite acknowledging clients’ rising level of concern with regards to cybersecurity, so far the industry has underestimated — if not dismissed — these risks.&

Microsoft and Amazon data centres in South Africa – The latest

These data centres were expected to be installed in Johannesburg and Cape Town in 2018.

Future Banking Tech Summit Kicks Off In Lagos 23rd April On Financial Inclusion

A 2018 survey conducted by McKinsey’s found that nearly 40 percent of all African banking customers preferred digital channels

Protect against fraudsters

Online banking incidents increased by 44% with gross losses of nearly R90-million.

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