Managers of Wealth Africa

Africa's Ecobank targets strong customer growth from mobile banking

We have brought financial services to the mobile phone ... to have instant account, payment and receipt across Africa

Fintech – a Growth Sector in Africa

New start-ups and fintech entrepreneurs are making the most of community leverage to ensure their financial products are relevant.

Disturbing facts about cyber crime and SA businesses

Barely a day goes by without stories about breaches commanding global headlines.

Banking from an African angle

This will mark the first end-to- end full digital banking proposition in Eastern Africa and has sparked the attention of The Economist and the IFC SME Finance Forum.

New Interbank Transfer System Launched

Banks at the moment need new innovations to drive the agenda and any such innovation should be utilised to ease banking

Sidian Bank signs Sh307m cloud technology deal with IBM

In the deal, IBM is providing the services through the cloud, an arrangement that is also known as ‘infrastructure as a service.’

Disburze creates African B2B paytech infrastructure

“Africa’s continued growth presents attractive opportunities for global businesses."

South African payments processor Ecentric signs with ACI for UP Merchant Payments

“The UP Merchant Payments solution ensures that Ecentric can deliver a consistent payment offering across its clients’ many channels."

Setting the bitcoin free

The market is taking a wait and see approach towards bitcoin

Old Mutual chief happy with break-up progress despite IT issues

Updates to financial services group’s UK computer systems at risk of overrunning

Technology in Africa: Mobile payment competition heats up with PesaLink launch

KBA aims to enter the merchant and utility payment markets with future iterations of the program

Guaranty Trust Bank (Tanzania) Limited Selects ICS BANKS from ICS Financial Systems

ICS BANKS has always been a pioneer in utilising the latest technology to serve financial institutions.

Alert! Omni Bank acquires GhIPSS?

Is this genuinely possible in a highly competitive and choked banking system, especially for a new industry entrant?

First Global Fintech Fund for the Underserved Closes with $141 Million in Capital Contributions English

The Accion Frontier Inclusion Fund, managed by Quona Capital, invests in companies that innovate to expand access to financial services to underserved consumers and businesses in emerging markets

Ecobank launches Mobile App Banking

These new products need No Bank Account; No safe way to save money; No safe way to make payments.

Guaranty Trust Bank extends ICS Banks core system roll-out to Tanzania

The project in Tanzania will start this month and is expected to take four months.

TA Associates Announces Minority Investment in Interswitch

Interswitch has become a leading provider for payments solutions in an emerging and rapidly growing market

Banks likely to lead blockchain adoption in SA

The financial services and banking were likely to lead blockchain adoption in South Africa.

Public-private partnerships are key in fight against cybercrime, MPs told

Cybercrime is now seen as one of the biggest threats to countries’ critical information infrastructure and socioeconomic development.

MENA banking and securities firms to spend $12.4bln on software

Mena will become the third-fastest growing region.

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