Gulf Business Machines (GBM), IBM's representative in the Gulf Co-operation Council excluding Saudi Arabia, has entered into a strategic business partnership with Spescom DataVoice.
First National Bank (FNB) is the top achiever for being the most innovative bank according to the latest "Innovation in South African Banking" survey conducted by SystemicLogic.
The number of MTN Banking accounts has grown to 20 000 in six months.
Staff can inadvertently undermine the best IT security, experts say.
NSFAS fintech partners to challenge contract cancellations
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PIC Solutions, a credit risk management consultancy in the Middle East Africa region, is partnering with Fair Isaac Corporation to exhibit at the Consumer Banking Convention in April.
Integr8 IT has extended the reach of its fax and voice to fax managed service, FaxM8TM, to international markets with its close alliance to Data2Data.
The face of cellphone banking is set to change as take-up of GPRS and 3G cellphones increases.
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
SunGard has partnered with AmeriServ Financial to develop actionable business continuity plans that can protect the firm, meet regulatory requirements and scale to incidents of any size.
Absa has introduced an Internet-based training initiative for small business owners.
SunGard has provided First Citizens Bank with a broad solution architecture that incorporates recovery, replication and consulting services under one roof, with a single point of contact.
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
GijimaAst`s turnaround has been slower than hoped for, but the prognosis for the group`s financial health is a positive one, an analyst says.
PIC Solutions and the Kenya Institute of Bankers have partnered to deliver a Risk Management Best Practices Programme to members of the institute.
State Bank of India has networked 10 000 branches of the State Bank Group across the country after partnering with Datacraft India, a Dimension Data company.