03/16/2018
Objectway and MCI partner to tap potential of South Africa wealth market
Objectway is a TOP-100 global FinTech provider and a leader in the wealth and investment management software industry in Europe.
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03/16/2018
Korea to partner African Development Bank on technology development – Deputy PM
In his remarks, the AfDB President said insufficient information and inadequate communication about African investment opportunities needed to be fixed.
03/15/2018
Meet the Man Who Advocates Bitcoin for African Economies
Robert Shafir is emphasizing the firm’s core offerings
03/13/2018
MetLife invites insurtech startups to compete for $100,000 contract
The move follows two collab programmes in Singapore (2016) and Japan (2017), which attracted 250 applications from insurtechs in more than 35 different countries.
03/13/2018
Technology driven 2018 payment trends in South Africa
Poor telecommunications infrastructure meant that Africa never really had to deal with legacy communication technologies.
03/13/2018
Are digital banking efforts finally paying off?
Rwangombwa announced that Card based payment system registered an upward growth trend in 2017 with point of sale (POS) increasing by 11.6 percent (from 1,885 in 2016 to 2,104 in 2017.
03/13/2018
Standard Chartered Bank Launches its First-Ever Digital Bank in Africa
Service is part of fightback against telcos and test bed for global offering
03/08/2018
Objectway Conference 2018: Breaking the wealth management digital deadlock
A show of hands early in the proceedings revealed that a good proportion of those in the room were from UK-based companies.
03/08/2018
Stanbic IBTC Harps on Digital Empowerment of Nigerian Youths
Explaining how equipped the bank is in addressing the digital needs of technology savvy youths
03/08/2018
5 trends that will disrupt and shape Africa's FinTech landscape in 2018
Traditional and newly established providers responded with new and improved apps, new technologies that enabled new ways to bank, increased personalisation and strengthened digital communication with their customers.
03/07/2018
Financial institutions fast-tracked to offer new services
Card networks like Visa and Mastercard have developed new technologies to both enable and protect online consumers making cashless payments
03/07/2018
Can African Tech Startups Succeed in a World Dominated by Facebook and Google?
Across African markets, information and communication technology is facilitating the process of socioeconomic developments.
03/06/2018
Profile Software’s innovative solutions for banking and wealth industry
The company today has a presence in Europe, the Middle East, America, Asia and Africa, throughout those regions delivering innovative solutions to both start-ups and established banking and finance institutions, through direct communication or a reliable
03/06/2018
FirstRand finds customers favour the app over internet banking
FirstRand raised its interim dividend by 9% to R1.30 for the six months to end-December from R1.19 in the corresponding period in 2016.
03/04/2018
Nedbank may do away with 3,000 employees for software robots
The report stated that Nedbank has installed 59 software robots to date, and plans to install 200 by the end if 2018.
03/01/2018
FINCA trailblazes digital financial inclusion drive in Tanzania
To achieve its objectives, the conference underscored the instrumental role played by collaborative efforts by all sectors through leveraging rapid development in the MNO space, especially mobile money.
03/01/2018
Mastercard Launches Masterpass QR bot for Messenger
This Messenger experience will launch in Nigeria, where Mastercard will pilot a new Masterpass QR bot to help business owners' move beyond cash transactions to accepting QR payments.
02/28/2018
Orabank Selects CR2 To Enable Digital Banking Suite In 12 Countries In Africa
With ORABANK’s move to digital imminent, CR2 is seen as the ideal partner to expand its channel offering and help the bank continue to compete at the highest levels.
02/27/2018
Fintech firms must ‘collaborate or fail’ warns Capgemini
FinTechs drive revitalization of the financial services customer journey
02/22/2018
‘Digital tech, key to Ecobank’s cashless Africa drive’
“For instance, Rwanda, where the summit is taking place, is seeking to move from a cash-based economy to a digital one."