The mobile banking solutions provider was ahead of its time, says Mark Shuttleworth's HBD Venture Capital.
The bank plans to spend R66 million over three years to protect its ATMs.
In today's technology roundup: Card scammers get charitable, Samsung and Ericsson bury hatchet, Microsoft service contracts questioned, and Google lags in Asia.
In this World Wide Wrap: Bank wants SOA-savvy vendors, virtualisation-aware companies better off, and Dow plans SOA upgrade.
NSFAS fintech partners to challenge contract cancellations
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It is said the lifeblood of an IT economy is the state of its software development industry. ITWeb asks local developers about the skills crisis and the build versus buy question.
Too much work and not enough people. That's the summary of local software development in SA.
In this World Wide Wrap, Q2 payment authorisation goes mobile, ICICI Bank targets rural market, Indian Bank trains employees, and Tech assistance in short supply.
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: Change expected in HR, DPT expands timecard, and ME bank unveils HBZPay.
In this World Wide Wrap: Finance ministry signs e-billing agreement, city offers e-payment, billing, and TrialNet releases connect service.
In this World Wide Wrap: India gets micro-banking technology, female financial technologists recognised, and Alliance invests RM260m in IT.
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 company developed software enhancements for Vision Reporting, a BI package from the International Infor Group.
The UEPS solution shares all existing payment instruments, and introduces a biometrically protected smart card.
Cashbook 5.4A Service Pack 4 and EFTXpress 5.4A Service Pack 2 include security enhancements.