11/28/2018
Nigeria’s Union Bank Threatens to Shut Down Cryptocurrency-Related Accounts
No other bank is known to have issued a similar threat
FinTech
11/28/2018
Family Bank partners with SimbaPay
With over 1 billion subscribers, WeChat is the largest payment and social media app in China.
11/27/2018
FNB launches South Africa’s first “Tap and PIN” ATMs
This method of interacting with ATMs protects FNB customers from card-skimming devices
11/27/2018
Uganda's first micro-pension service, e-wallet [Sci tech]
The micro-pension is a digital service that allows people to open and fund individual retirement accounts using their mobile phones or a mobile app.
11/22/2018
Standard Bank Mobile launched – the details
“We have also done away with data bundles, customers can select the data price that suits them, with no expiry."
11/20/2018
Tough times for IT professionals in South Africa
The extent of the retrenchments at Liquid Telecom will only be established after the consultation process.
11/19/2018
Banks on race to reach unbanked with digital apps
“Mobile application gives a customer access to various payment systems and make purchases faster and more efficient anywhere at any time; all one needs is a smartphone with Ecobank application,"
11/19/2018
How French investors are helping grow Senegal’s tech startup ecosystem
Rosier attributes the growth to the recent arrival of French VCs like Partech, Orange Digital Ventures and funds engaged in seed finance, like impact investment fund Teranga Capital.
11/19/2018
New South African tech bank shootout
Some of these benefits include dynamic interest rates and “fantastic discounts” with Discovery’s commercial partners.
11/16/2018
Crypto Market Rising in Africa Amid Regulatory Pressure
More crypto exchanges, wallets, and tokens are sprouting across the continent as crypto approval rates increase rapidly in the region.
11/15/2018
PayFort awarded as ‘Most Innovative Online Payment Service Provider’
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11/15/2018
Nigeria dials up mobile banking revolution
Country’s banking system is being opened to non-financial groups like telecom operators
11/15/2018
Huawei Cloud Unveils in South Africa, Enabling to Build a Fully Connected Intelligent Africa
Huawei Cloud also indicated a plan to unveil more new regions in Africa.
11/14/2018
Temenos announces fund administration partnership with Curo
Under this new agreement, Curo will migrate more than 3,000 funds from its five legacy fund accounting platforms to a single instance of Temenos’ Multifonds Global Accounting platform.
11/14/2018
Africa objects to e-commerce regulation
The proposed e-commerce rules will prohibit national regulations for local storage and processing of information, transfer of or access to source code, use of local computer facilities and content in electronic transmissions, and Internet Service Provider
11/14/2018
First Bank launches chat banking on WhatsApp platform
With the rising need for customers to easily carry out transactions anywhere
11/12/2018
Billionaire Motsepe starts online challenge to SA banks
TymeBank has signed up 1 800 clients in the first week of an unofficial launch.
11/09/2018
Nigeria’s Vice President Osinbajo advises banks to reform before the fintech revolution sweeps them away
Osinbahjo says Nigerian government will work alongside various regulators and the fintech companies to ensure development in the sector.
11/08/2018
Standard Chartered rolls out instant messaging service for priorty clients
Clients will also be able to do video and voice calls and conferences with their Private Bankers and Relationship Managers, and invite additional Investment Advisors or Specialists as needed.
11/07/2018
Pillar After Pillar For A Pan-European Wealth Management - Objectway
The advisor badly needs to request less time to the prospect, and to reduce paperwork.