SA's biggest bank by customer base will trial contactless payments at its Springbok fan zone, in Cape Town, this weekend.
Key players in the payments space collaborate to introduce the first National Payment System Foundational Course in SA.
The Sree Charan Souharda Cooperative Bank has chosen IBM SmartCloud to help it meet demand and add new services.
Around 500 cameras have been installed throughout Kenya and are monitored at the bank's central security room in Nairobi.
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The bank releases a mobile banking app specifically for its iPad users.
The bank's new online portal, which includes the beginnings of personal financial management tools, is “nothing new or sudden”, it says.
The bank adds its mobile money solution, eWallet, to the Banking App menu.
Huawei Cloud drives African FinTech innovation
Mark Wang, Solution Architect at Huawei Cloud Southern Africa, spoke to ITWeb about Huawei being a strategic partner in the banking sector. He also addressed challenges for banks in SA and potential growth in the payment ecosystem for customers. #huaweicloud #fintech #digitalbanking
The bank's online and mobile networks were down for most of Friday, three days after its new interface went live.
The company's FarmVille-branded prepaid card rewards users with Farm Cash.
Amid the hype and ambiguity that surrounds the mobile money concept, FNB looks to the mass market to accelerate the phenomenon.
The future of banking in Africa
MTN and Huawei, in partnership with Brainstorm magazine, held an executive roundtable on 11 May for industry insiders from the financial sector to discuss emerging technologies and digitisation in the banking space. #mtn #huawei #fintech
The Trojan has targeted Brazilian and Peruvian users wanting to install Google's Chrome browser.
The company was recognised for excellence at the B2B eGaming Review Awards.
The bank's recognised union says it has to go back to square one to find about 140 IT staff jobs within the organisation.