12/01/2016
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.
11/29/2016
The initiative has an initial reserve of Sh19 billion to start with expectations to leverage up to Sh127 billion in additional investments.
11/29/2016
The adoption of hybrid and robo advisory tools will register the higher growth in two years
11/28/2016
In fact, only 4% would use either of these authentication methods when accessing their bank account from a mobile device.
11/28/2016
From a risk management perspective, there is a bigger emphasis on custodian banks managing risk in the markets.
11/25/2016
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.
11/25/2016
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
11/25/2016
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.
11/25/2016
MasterCard, SnapScan partnership adds 30,000 South African merchants
Each MasterPass transaction is classified as an Authenticated Mobile Transaction
11/25/2016
Financial services prepare for digital disruption
Digital disruption occurs when new digital technologies and business models affect the value proposition of existing goods and services.
11/24/2016
Uganda Could Become First African Nation To Adopt Bitcoin Regulations
The legal and regulatory environment is moving towards embracing the technology so as to harness its benefits and to promote innovation.
11/24/2016
African Banks Start to See the Potential of Blockchain
African banks are relatively new to the R3 arena
11/24/2016
National Bank of Malawi selects Swiss FinTech NetGuardians
Risks are present at all corners during core banking upgrades.
11/24/2016
Asian, African Banks are attacked using zero-day vulnerability
The total number of InPage users is almost 2 million worldwide.
11/23/2016
Last year electronic fraud in the banking sector accounts for about 16% of total fraud in the industry
11/23/2016
Ghana is doing quite well in the ICT sector
11/23/2016
But the big banking fraud syndicates send out emails to millions of unsuspecting bank clients every day, just waiting for that one person they can trick and rob of funds.
11/23/2016
Payments systems vary between, and even within countries, and are complex
11/22/2016
Well-known consumer brands are set to launch virtual networks on top of MTN’s infrastructure.
11/22/2016
Largest network on the continent allows merchants, banks and mobile operators to scale transactions cross-border, cross-currency and cross-network