Managers of Wealth Africa

Zenith Bank and MasterCard extend partnership to Ghana

EMV-enabled cards feature an embedded microchip to encrypt information, making it more difficult for unauthorized users to copy or access data on the card.

WorldRemit And GTBank Launch Money Transfer Routes To West And Central Africa

WorldRemit delighted to be partnering with one of Africa’s foremost banks to give our customers greater choice and convenience when sending money home

NedBank rolls out NCR Interactive Teller in bid to enhance efficiency, service

The technology allows FIs to serve customers at all hours and across multiple sites without incurring traditional branch expenses.

M&A Africa: Standard Bank Eyes Universal Payment Plan With Fintech Acquisition

Cash is still king for the vast majority of Africans, who don’t have access to banks and conduct their daily financial transactions offline.

StanChart reveals fingerprint banking tech in Kenya

Standard Chartered clients can now securely access their bank account balances, cards and investments using their fingerprints as identifiers

Cash Still Trumps Mobile Payments and Bitcoin in Africa

According to KPMG’s Payment Developments in Africa 2015 report, 94 percent of retail transactions in both urban and rural Africa are conducted in cash

Businesses ill-prepared for cyber attacks

This particularly true as businesses are using multiple solutions and vendors for individual security tasks, as each aspect needs to be managed and updated individually, to be updated and able to handle the newest strains of malware.

Nedbank Brings Branch Banking Experience to the ATM Powered by NCR

Nedbank becomes first bank in South Africa to deploy NCR’s Interactive Services software

World Bank to launch African accelerator programmes

The first programme launched by the World Bank in Africa is to be held in partnership with Senegalese hub CTIC Dakar.

‘We’ve Opened New Electronic Payment Frontier In Africa’

Today you can open account online while your Bank Verification Number (BVN) can be completed when you come to the banking hall.

Banks should fund creation of digital innovations -Awosika

An organisation needS to mobilise their institutions to create funds to help young minds create solutions

Barclays, Techstars open applications for Cape Town fintech accelerator

The Barclays Accelerator first came to Africa at the beginning of this year, with Barclays Africa signing initial collaboration agreements with seven of the 10 startups that took part in the programme.

Kenyan tech-based firms set to benefit from Sh1bn AfDB Africa fund

The initiative has an initial reserve of Sh19 billion to start with expectations to leverage up to Sh127 billion in additional investments.

The importance of digital for wealth managers

The adoption of hybrid and robo advisory tools will register the higher growth in two years

Security tops for SA mobile users

In fact, only 4% would use either of these authentication methods when accessing their bank account from a mobile device.

Africa’s custodians under pressure to innovate

From a risk management perspective, there is a bigger emphasis on custodian banks managing risk in the markets.

StanChart wins Regional Consumer Digital Bank Award

We continue to invest for long-term growth Africa and Middle East were digital technologies will shape the future of banking.

Mobile Virtual Network Operator Market in Africa, 2016

MVNOs seem to be the most successful due to improved mobile banking functionality and customer service ability

Senegal to Introduce Blockchain-based Currency to West Africa, eCFA

The eCFA franc as it will be called will be in circulation in parallel to the current physical CFA franc bank notes.

MasterCard, SnapScan partnership adds 30,000 South African merchants

Each MasterPass transaction is classified as an Authenticated Mobile Transaction

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