In this World Wide Wrap: PayPal to overtake eBay, Amazon apologises for book deletion, and banks risk losing online customers.
In this World Wide Wrap: Oracle buys GoldenGate, Paypal intros interface, and HP develops browser-based darknet.
In this World Wide Wrap: 40m bank details found online, Bian intros banking IT standards, and Philippines grows Internet banking.
FNB customers are now able to play the national lottery through their cellphones, an ATM or online.
NSFAS fintech partners to challenge contract cancellations
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Cellular devices will become prone to the same risks as the Internet, says BulkSMS.com.
FirstGlobal Microfinance Bank of Nigeria is delivering text banking services to mobile customers.
Banks should constantly research security threats and prepare technologies to protect customers, says Kaspersky Labs.
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
In this World Wide Wrap: Minnesota goes electronic, Barclays rolls out e-billing, and e-billing could boost telco revenues.
In this World Wide Wrap: Aspect tops in Datamonitor report, IP contact centre cuts costs, and Bangladesh Bank opens outbound centre.
In this World Wide Wrap: US online banking hits 70m, India toughens up transaction security, and card regulation to hit IT budgets.
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
A new ATM threat is most likely installed with help from inside the bank, says Kaspersky.
A recent SMS banking scam makes it clear SMS one-time passwords are not secure, says FireID.
The bank's internal tool aims to speed up communication between staff.