10/11/2016
Ubank partners WIZZIT to launch digital payment platform
Ubank to leapfrog into adjacent markets beyond mining, to boost revenue streams
FinTech
10/10/2016
Why is Standard Bank expanding its banking app across the African continent?
Standard Bank is inroducing an app to drive to build a universal bank for its customers across the continent
10/07/2016
SA's traditional banking model stifles fintech potential
A financial transaction today is nothing more than a database entry and should carry zero costs for the consumer
10/07/2016
Is the Central Bank of Kenya Threatened by Bitcoin?
Central Bank of Kenya considers bitcoin, to be a threat due to the unregulated nature of the Bitcoin protocol
10/07/2016
Mobile Payments: From Emerging Markets To Emoji Madness
What we’re able to do is distinguish between automated attacks coming from cybercriminals from requests coming from a native mobile app that has been secured with our SDK.
10/06/2016
Leading wealth management software firm opens new regional headquarters in South Africa
As wealth continues to increase, the emergence of new and younger investors will require firms to adopt effective and digitally enabled wealth management solutions, while compliance with the increasing regulatory framework will call for investments in com
10/05/2016
Skills gap strands SA businesses
Products like alarm clocks, maps, newspapers, CDs are all becoming apps and it takes coders to produce them
10/05/2016
Telecos won’t convert to banks — Airtel MD
Mrs Quist, however, pointed out that what was rather likely to happen was more collaboration to offer consummate solutions to customers who stand to benefit the most.
10/05/2016
Kenya: Our Innovation Will Get Rid of Queues in Banks
Their aim is to make banking convenient and efficient.
10/05/2016
CBA sets sight on Rwanda with mobile money
Its Kenyan counterparts have also cemented their dominance in the region.
10/05/2016
Peach Payments embarks on African expansion strategy
The business started trading in South Africa just three years ago.
10/05/2016
ATM fraud to reduce as new technology is launched
Mobility Technologies has a track record in preventing ATM fraud across the African continent
10/05/2016
BGFI Bank picks Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX for regulatory reporting
Wolters Kluwer says OneSumX uses a “single source of data to ensure consistency, reconciliation and accuracy”
10/04/2016
Skills Gap Strands South Africa Business as Jobs Go Unfilled
A dearth of suitably qualified and experienced staff has left South African businesses struggling to fill thousands of posts even though more than a quarter of the workforce is unemployed.
10/04/2016
KCB, Oracle drive new digital banking solutions in Africa
The goal of this project is to enhance entrepreneurship competencies to create jobs and reduce poverty.
10/04/2016
KCB talks to Facebook, Apple, others over digital payments
The subsidiary will partner with different players, whether they are M-Pesa, Facebook, Google or Apple, and the business will have a new digital payments platform.
10/03/2016
28 kenyan companies nominated for African FinTech
Financial technology companies are generally startups trying to disintermediate incumbent financial systems and challenge traditional corporations that are less reliant on software.
09/30/2016
Ecobank to allow investing public buy treasury bills through mobile phones
The launch, which took place at the Accra Movenpick Hotel on Thursday in Accra, brought together potential beneficiaries and key stakeholders involved in investment and wealth creation in Ghana.
09/28/2016
Standard Bank introduces gamified kids’ banking app
Standard Bank announced the Standard Bank Kidz Banking App for smartphones and tablets
09/28/2016
Can Africa's mobile money revolution reduce poverty?
Collecting and depositing cash at omnipresent kiosks and sending money via text message has fast become the natural solution in African nations