Bank of America suffers outage, ISPs mislead on broadband speeds, Internet bank, Egg, splits, and PS3 locked in patent dispute.
Mobile money services can assist the unbanked in developing regions, says Etisalat.
Select BlackBerry users will be able to use their smartphones to pay for physical goods.
An Absa initiative aims to educate high school learners about the use of banking technology.
NSFAS fintech partners to challenge contract cancellations
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The India-based bank targets mobile banking to up 3G service usage.
Kenya's young mobile money app developers are to showcase innovations at the AITEC banking conference.
Compellent shareholders approved the acquisition at a special shareholder meeting. [Local rep: Ingran Africa]
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
Investors are shifting their assets to reduce risk sparked by climate change.
A South Korean mobile payment provider has expanded its reach after signing agreements with network operators.
A survey shows, despite security threats, consumers show lot of interest in m-commerce.
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
More investments will be made if technology helps to grow the top line.
Rivalry between Airtel and Safaricom increases as the two operators unveil similar virtual credit card payment services.
WiWallet will be available to MXit's 10 million-strong consumer base within the second quarter.