06/01/2015
The people are upwardly mobile
Mobile money solutions are showing the way and traditional banks had better take heed as inclusion of the masses is paramount
FinTech
06/01/2015
FCMB Partners NetPlus
The First City Monument Bank has announced its partnership with NetPlus for the provision of integrated and electronic business settlement support for merchants and other interests in Nigeria
05/28/2015
Finally, Stanbic launches mobile banking service
We are already working on integration with NetOne.
05/27/2015
Africa leads in mobile money, but the tech has not spread everywhere
Africa has been hailed as the world leader in the adoption of mobile money but the continent has a huge population not yet swept up in the phenomenon, mainly due to lack of education about the technology
05/26/2015
National Bank Implements iMAL Islamic Core Banking System
The iMAL implementation was the smoothest in the history of National Bank
05/21/2015
GhIPSS supports two banking award categories
The most active cashless bank therefore brings to two, the categories sponsored by the national payment infrastructure provider.
05/21/2015
Africa’s Standard Bank Seeks Speed Through Software Automation, DevOps
That lack of consistency, paired with traditional software development and integration methods, has hampered growth and complicated compliance.
05/20/2015
Misys targets Islamic banking segment
With an annual growth of 17 per cent, Islamic banking is a key area where banks can stay ahead of their competition and gain market share.
05/19/2015
FirstBank makes mobile fund transfers easier
FirstBank has improved its USSD “*894#” access channel to become quicker and more robust
05/18/2015
Standard Bank moving towards fingerprint banking
Standard Bank is taking baby steps towards biometrics as the bank has updated its application with fingerprint technology
05/18/2015
GTBank launches ‘737 Money Transfer’ through mobile phones
Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has launched a mobile channel through which GTBank customers can conveniently perform third party transfers to both GTBank and other bank account holders in Nigeria
05/18/2015
South Africa Champions Cross-Border Payments
According to the official, a cross-border banking system will ease friction felt by declining banking relationships across borders.
05/15/2015
Bitcoin Is ‘a Mechanism of Money Transfer Rather Than a Currency in and of Itself’
Bitcoin is interesting and represents interesting possibilities, but it is still largely in the domain of a limited group of technically minded individuals
05/14/2015
Standard Chartered Bank Chooses Jive To Help 90,000 Employees Collaborate Globally
Jive's enterprise communication and collaboration solutions bridge multi-generational, multi-cultural workstyles to drive competitive advantage
05/14/2015
UBA launches ‘PayAttitude’ payment solution
The new payment solution makes it possible for a customer to make payments for goods and services
05/13/2015
SA banks set for telecoms race
He says other banks are sure to be tracking FNB's activities in this sector
05/13/2015
UBA Launches Innovative Payment Solution
The bank said in a statement that the new payment solution makes it possible for a customer to make payments for goods and services with an adhesive payment tag attachable to mobile phones or flat surfaces.
05/12/2015
Six Nigerian BanksUnveils New m-payment System
Mobile payment system just got more convenient in Nigeria
05/12/2015
Monitise to power Societe Generale's m-banking in Africa
The service will be available for smartphones in three languages via the App Store and Android Market.
05/11/2015
‘Biometric Verification Number Project to Check Forex Fraud’
One major issues confronting the nation’s banking sector is foreign exchange fraud.