09/08/2015
Standard Bank offers banking via IM
Standard Bank has launched a new service that will allow its high-value clients to interact with a team of bankers using WeChat.
FinTech
09/08/2015
Smile Telecoms Raises $365M To Expand Its Broadband Coverage In Four African Countries
Smile Telecoms’ new funding will help it build its infrastructure and compete against rivals such as MTN, Airtel, Telefonica, and Orange.
09/02/2015
Mobile Money can’t kill banking in Ghana - Vodafone boss
Banks were not very receptive to the Bank of Ghana’s new E-Money Issuers Guidelines and Agent Guidelines.
09/01/2015
Stanbic unveils modern ATMs
The new ATM's are just one of the many ways we are moving our customers forward
08/28/2015
How SA’s new data-only network will work
We’ve got lots of carrots, and a couple sticks which make the Hero Alliance attractive.
08/27/2015
Terragon Group releases Digital Insights on the Nigerian Banking Industry
This analysis has made it clear that the banks are aware of the intrinsic benefits of digital marketing and the ways in which they have latched on.
08/27/2015
Standard Bank updates mobile app
Standard Bank is devoted to transforming the banking experience for our customers by making it faster, easier and much more accessible, anywhere, anytime
08/25/2015
Commercial Bank of Africa to extend M-Shwari in East Africa
Uganda and Tanzania are the only other markets where CBA operates.
08/24/2015
The Need for Analytics in the Banking Industry—It’s All About Speed and Accuracy
As we move into a more networked economy with more informed and impatient customers, speed is the key.
08/24/2015
Dermalog tech used to enrol 18m in Nigerian banking initiative
As of August 2015, far more than 18 million Nigerian bank customers have been registered in the biometrics system provided by Dermalog for a banking project.
08/20/2015
Barclays steps up digitalisation drive
Barclays Bank of Botswana is increasingly embracing digital banking in an effort to build an attractive business that can retain all customer segments.
08/19/2015
Fidelity Bank of Nigeria Selects Finacle Version 10 to Drive Innovation and Growth
Infosys Finacle announced that Fidelity Bank Plc., Nigeria, one of the fastest growing Commercial Banks in Africa, will migrate its core banking platform from Finacle version 7 to Finacle version 10.
08/19/2015
Infosys gains on order from African bank
The order is from Fidelity Bank Plc., Nigeria to implement Finacle version 10
08/18/2015
East Africans Embrace Mobile Money Subscriptions
That’s a significant five-year jump from 2009’s figures of $4.86 billion, which only accounted for 3.4 percent of GDP.
08/18/2015
Investec banks on mobile in Africa
The plan is to help the firm grow and sell more software to corporate clients and mobile money issuers in Africa.
08/13/2015
Amazon Web Services expands presence in South Africa
The new Johannesburg office has been launched in order to support our growing customer base.
08/12/2015
Access Bank chooses CA Technologies to help enhance customer experience
Access Bank Nigeria takes service to even higher levels with improved performance and reduced downtime.
08/06/2015
Absa launches “Shop in Your Currency” platform in South Africa
This solution allows retailers to localise their e-commerce offering and simplify the shopping experience for international customers who view pricing and pay in their home currencies
08/04/2015
Planet Payment, Absa and CyberSource Collaborate to Deliver Multi-Currency Pricing Solution in South Africa
This solution allows retailers to localise their e-commerce offering
08/04/2015
Kenya's Equity Bank to focus on developing mobile banking business
H1 pretax profit jumps 12 pct to 12.1 billion shillings