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
FinTech
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
04/16/2015
Namibia: Nedbank System Causes Headaches, Heartaches
Nedbank says it has embarked on an extensive upgrade of its core banking platform
04/16/2015
Nedbank sticks with DigitLab as its digital brand research agency
In 2014 Nedbank entrusted DigitLab with its digital brand analysis and research. After a busy and successful year, complete with an IAB Bookmarks Nomination, DigitLab are pleased to announce that Nedbank has renewed their contract for 2015.
04/14/2015
Mobile payment methods are game changer for Africa
Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates highlighted the digital banking sector and observed that smartphones and mobile technology would define banking in Africa
04/14/2015
Mobile payment methods are game changer for Africa
Gates’ view is reflected in part by figures from technology company Ericsson.
04/13/2015
Skye Bank: Leveraging on acquisition
The report adds that banks cannot just rely on ATM deployment and internet banking which, despite the provision of additional convenience and expansion of a bank’s reach, are inadequate as “many products still require customers to transact thr
04/13/2015
Stanbic IBTC Bank Gets ISO 27001 Certification on Information Security
BSI is a multinational business services provider whose principal activity is the production of standards and the supply of standards-related services.
04/10/2015
Standard Bank introduces biometric mobile banking
Global downloads of biometric-enabled apps will reportedly hit 6 million this year
04/10/2015
Nigeria’s Zenith Bank seeks boost in retail banking
The bank’s offering in the retail space include the Aspire account targeting the youth
04/10/2015
UBA Deploys New IT Platform
We have also made these applications more accessible by providing a seamless, self-service enrolment process
04/09/2015
Standard Bank unveils Apple’s TouchID for app users
Standard Bank has launched a biometric mobile banking solution for clients signing into the bank’s app via iPhone or with an iPad, using Apple’s TouchID technology.