05/04/2015
SA’s Moneysmart closes down, team refocusing on B2B
South African personal financial management tool Moneysmart has shut down, with its management saying they are now focusing on a business-to-business model.
FinTech
04/30/2015
Bank IT Budgets Set For Strong Growth
An exciting year lies ahead for IT spending in global retail banking. Budgets are set to rise in 2015, with a focus on digital, according to the latest research from Ovum.
04/29/2015
Objectway Launches Fully Hosted Investment Solution - Wealth in One
Wealth in One is a fully integrated front-to-back office solution intended for a broad spectrum of wealth and investment management service providers—from stockbrokers to independent wealth managers.
04/29/2015
Contactless payments boom in SA
The South African market is driving the ‘tap and go’ method
04/28/2015
Phone-packed Africa leads way in take-up of mobile banking
A report last year by Swedish telecom company Ericsson said mobile subscriptions in sub-Saharan Africa were set to surpass 635 million by the end of 2014
04/28/2015
Phone-packed Africa leads the way in take up of mobile banking
Services allowing consumers to perform banking and payment operations on their mobile phones are surging in sub-Saharan Africa
04/28/2015
Private tech rescues govt service delivery
Government services such as applying for a smart ID card, registering a company or collecting social security payments are increasingly being made available via the private sector
04/27/2015
New technology set to benefit customers
He said that the new service will allow UBA mobile banking subscribers in Tanzania to access their bank accounts
04/27/2015
Tunis International Bank goes live on ICSFS’ solution “ICS BANKS”
Tunis International Bank went live on ICS BANKS from ICS Financial Systems Limited, the global software and services provider for banks and financial institutions.
04/27/2015
Zenith Software launches Banc724-Digital banking platform
Bengaluru based Zenith Software Ltd. (ZSL), a Global IT Solutions and Services Company, has announced the launch of their latest banking solution Banc724-Digital
04/24/2015
Kenyan firms turn to mobile phones to advance credit
With uptake of credit cards failing to pick up in Kenya, commercial banks and other firms are turning to mobile phones to advance credit
04/24/2015
Kenya's National Bank partners with PesaPoint
The Bank has expanded its network across the country- growing both the brick and mortar footprint and digital channels
04/24/2015
Sw7 partners Standard Bank, Microsoft BizSpark to launch accelerator
The programme has more than 65 chief executive officers (CEOs) and founders that mentor its participants.
04/23/2015
How safe is eCommerce globally and in Africa?
According to the report, online shopping is growing rapidly in South Africa.
04/21/2015
Banks must adopt cellular-based banking service
The Reverend Edward Randolph-Koranteng, Chief Executive Officer of BEST Microfinance, a non-banking financial institution, has urged stakeholders in the banking sector, to adopt web-based banking services to ease traffic in banking halls.
04/20/2015
Faster Internet access means more cyberattacks for Africa
Excited new Internet users will click on anythng, experts say
04/20/2015
Tech giants shaping up as unlikely banks of the future
The greatest competition to banks is not just from rival financial institutions.
04/20/2015
Afrinvest Enhances Online Equity Trading with Mobile App
The app provides transparency and accuracy in online equity trading, as monies are remitted instantly to a registered account or debited from a register account, as soon as a transaction is completed.
04/16/2015
Ethiopia’s Mobile Banking has high Potential, Customers Still Unaware of Its Possibilities
It was established by an Ethiopian who spent years in the US, and was keen to help change the industry when he returned home.
04/16/2015
Union Bank Deploys Banking Software to Boost Efficiency
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc has deployed the Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking Solution 12.0