Managers of Wealth Africa

How Ghana is acing its transition to mobile financial services

In Ghana , mobile financial services are mostly used by those poorly served by the traditional financial sector.

Standard Bank expands digital banking abroad as domestic challengers mount

A unified digital strategy across diverse markets allows the advantages of scale.

This is what likely caused Facebook’s outage - and why SA banks should be concerned

SA technology analyst Arthur Goldstuck believes outages at the cybercrime company Cloudflare were likely to blame for Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram's network issues.

The digital nomads are coming and bringing economic benefit with them

Studies by the world’s major consultancies show that flexible workspaces now make up about 8% of global office space, rising to 30% by 2030

Like Libra, Wala also tried to “bank the unbanked” in Africa. It failed.

The cause was clear: Wala was unable to disentangle itself from the banking system it hoped to exist apart from and, eventually, replace.

Crypto in Africa: Crypto trade termed risky in Uganda

As reported on June 28 during a Town Hall meeting in Masaka, Kasekende said, “Let me state clearly that the cryptocurrency businesses are not regulated at the moment and therefore carry a significant risk of loss of savings, with no recourse to prot

East Africa - the heart of mobile money. What is next?

Mobile money has literally changed the lives of millions in East Africa in the last 12 years.

Cybercrime in the South African legal fraternity

The Attorneys Insurance Indemnity Fund (AIIF) now known as the Legal Practitioners’ Fidelity Fund (LPFF), has been notified of at least 110 cyber-scam related claims worth over R70-million since 1 July 2016.

Digital currencies, regulation closing access gaps

Top on the mind among respondents were security and data protection risks

What banks can do to secure systems from cyberattacks

Cyberattacks, mostly targeting payment systems, are now one of the most powerful threats, with more than 82 per cent of the companies having been targeted, according to a recent AFP research.

Five Facts on Fintech

A new paper details the results of the survey alongside findings from other regional studies

How safe is our personal information?

The service agreements we sign with banks, internet providers and cellular companies allows them to collect a huge amount of our personal data.

Why Africa should embrace cryptocurrency

To think that decentralised digital currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum won’t fundamentally change how the world views and uses money would be rather absurd.

£854m fund manager: ‘Google will be a great dividend payer one day’

The firm has worked alongside the Fleming family, including Robert’s grandson Ian, the creator of James Bond, ever since.

South Africa’s Standard Bank adopts Finacle Mobile Teller solution

The implementation of ‘Moby’, Finacle’s Mobile Teller Solution as we call it, has been a significant step in our journey towards customer centric digitisation and process optimisation.

Africa’s biggest “digital dividend” lies in its rural areas, report

“It is the many emerging digital tools targeting agriculture and services that will generate attractive jobs on the continent in coming decades.”

Banks should adapt to compete with fintechs

This is because most, if not all teenagers, once opened their bank accounts at a bank selected and preferred by their parents.

Kenya's Safaricom launches fraud intelligence solution curb cybercrime

He revealed that the solution works across the three channels including USSD, internet banking and smartphone apps.

South African SME finance startup Lulalend raises $6.5M Series A

“The biggest thing is strengthening our balance sheet so we can access traditional debt funding to grow our loan book,” Gosling told TechCrunch on a call.

SA digital banking fraud soars 75% in a year

A total of R262.8m was lost to digital fraud in 2018, compared with R250.5m in 2017.

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