09/30/2018
The tech that excites South Africa’s banking industry
While blockchain technology is all the rage – whether open or permission based – it is still largely in a Beta version although it is growing and evolving at a very rapid pace.
FinTech
09/27/2018
Cameroon's largest bank siggns with Temenos
Jean Paulin Fonkoua Kake, President, Afriland First Bank, commented: “At Afriland First Bank, we constantly strive to deliver the best customer experiences.
09/27/2018
BitPesa Brings Bitcoin Liquidity to African Markets
The bitcoin blockchain is now being used to send money to almost a million customers through the Japanese transfer bank SBI Remit and BitPesa.
09/24/2018
MTN South Africa and Telkom in talks to merge – Report
This resulted in MTN’s share-price hitting multi-year lows.
09/24/2018
Fintechs, Banks Await Regulation on Open Banking
The Open Banking Standard defines how financial data should be created, shared and accessed.
09/23/2018
Advance financial processes with artificial intelligence
The incorporation of AI into businesses can help speed up financial processes and ensures more accuracy.
09/21/2018
Nedbank’s MobiMoney brings accessible banking to all South Africans
Now all South Africans will have access to banking services.
09/21/2018
Bank of Asia (BVI) Limited - a digital cross-border bank
Bank of Asia provides a range of banking services to the BVI
09/19/2018
South Africa's Jumo scores Goldman Sachs investment for Asian expansion
Working with banks and mobile network operators, the firm has been used by more than nine million people across Africa to save or borrow, with nearly 70% of these being micro and small business owners.
09/18/2018
Treat Bitcoin Like Switzerland Does, Zimbabwe Finance Minister Tells Central Bank
The RBZ has meanwhile taken an increasingly risk-averse stance on cryptocurrency
09/17/2018
Avaloq upgrades open software architecture designed to make banks more agile
The upgrade to Avaloq’s open software architecture allows financial institutions to consolidate IT operations onto a single platform.
09/16/2018
Access Bank to launch whatsApp Banking in Zambia
Access Bank quest for the whats app banking offering is to deepen its commitment towards providing easy banking experience to customers
09/14/2018
Access Bank Executive Director Calls for Better Regulation of FinTech
FinTech generally aim to attract customers with products and services that are more user-friendly, efficient, transparent and automated than those currently available.
09/12/2018
21st Century banking challenges: A Fintech revolution
The increasing popularity of FinTech companies is disrupting the way traditional banking has been done.
09/12/2018
Blockbank and Kenya’s Spire Bank Partner
BlockBank Purchases Stake in the Kenyan Spire Bank to Provide Crypto Banking Services
09/10/2018
South Africa needs an independent, high-tech Reserve Bank
Blockchain or distributed ledger systems are fairly new.
09/07/2018
How Bitcoin And Blockchain Solutions For Africa’s Banking System Might Be Perfect Fit
Is Cryptocurrency the Solution to Africa’s Outdated Banking System?
09/06/2018
Technology gives birth to new set of business models
How businesses are able to open up and allow third parties to add or extract value is through the almighty API, short for application programing interface.
09/06/2018
Bill Gates Foundation eyes Kenya mobile money with software
There needs to be someone in the driving seat to complete this project and traditionally we work with central banks.
09/05/2018
Old Mutual in digital transformation offensive
The other innovation is the company is also rolling out an updated Old Mutual app which will include biometric facial recognition