Managers of Wealth Africa

‘Bank without a bank’ from MTN, Pick n Pay

The two companies have taken direct aim at traditional financial services companies

FONDEP of Morocco Selects Infosys Finacle for its Banking Transformation Program

The Finacle deployment at FONDEP gives us the opportunity to demonstrate our ability to partner with banks in the French speaking market of this region. It will act as a springboard to extend our presence in this region.

HBL becomes prime issuer of UPI cards in MENA region

In a matter of just 12 months it has become the largest issuer of UnionPay cards in Middle East & North Africa region.

ITWeb Africa Orange and Bank of Africa partner in mobile financial services

In the coming months, BANK OF AFRICA and Orange Money customers will be able to transfer money directly from their Orange Money account to their BOA account and vice versa simply with their mobile.

Kenswitch unveils cross border ATM integration

He noted that Kenswitch has been focused on financial inclusion

UBA Launches New Banking Platform for Companies

The United Bank for Africa Plc at the weekend said it has launched the ‘U-Direct Corporate,’ a web-based banking platform for cash management.

World Bank Partners Firstmonie On Mobile Money

Nigeria has a low rate of financial inclusion

SA has most tech hubs in Africa – World Bank

Tech hubs in South Africa include Bandwidth Barn, Silicon Cape, m:lab Southern Africa, Startup Garage, the Innovation Hub and RLabs

EBank to Mount Challenge to South African Lenders in Namibia

EBank will establish branches for card collection and other services

KCB, KBS partner for Abiria card fare payment platform

Powered by TapToPay and using the Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, the MasterCard-enabled card can be used for transit

Emerging Markets Payments sponsors African Banker Awards 2014

Emerging Markets Payments, the leading electronic payments processing company in the Middle East and Africa, has again sponsored the African Banker Awards.

The African Banking Technology Summit 2014

It has been said that Africa's financial services are among the continent's fastest developing sectors.

Cloud – what is it not good for?

A good starting point is to recognise that there is no single definition of cloud, nor is there a unifying set of criteria that banks and other financial institutions use when making their decision.

Kenya’s Equity Bank To Build $34m Data Centre

The first phase of the 5000-acre tech city located in Machakos County, 64 km south of Nairobi will cover 400 acres of land, which the University of Nairobi Enterprise Services (UNES) has already mapped out.

Stanbic Bank launches MoneyWallet Card

The card, a product of Stanbic Bank’s collaboration with MasterCard, can be reloaded as often as the holder desires

Why we need biometrics

Last year, the insurance and banking industries were two of the largest hit by fraud. It is for this reason that sufficient security measures like biometrics need to be put into place

Kenya’s Equity Bank launches paper-thin SIM card tech

Kenya’s Equity Bank plans introducing paper-thin SIM cards to help its customers access the bank’s mobile money service without needing to use dual-SIM phones.

Kenya Commercial Bank launches in-house processing centre Compass Plus

The newly integrated platform from Compass Plus will significantly improve the system usability

Companies ‘more on guard’ over money laundering

It conducted similar surveys in 2009 and 2011

Kenya: Equity Bank to Launch MVNO Services in July

Every SIM card will be a debit card

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