FICA requires accountable institutions to identify and verify their clients, as well as identify the beneficial ownership of the client if it is a legal person.
To successfully combat money laundering and financial crime, banks must get to the root cause of how these crimes can go undetected, says iiDENTIFii.
According to the case study conducted by iKhokha and Mastercard, SA has one of Africa's fastest-growing contactless card penetration rates.
Good governance and business resilience imperatives require the implementation of risk mitigation measures that address the pervasive deployment of IT.
NSFAS fintech partners to challenge contract cancellations
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Applications open for the Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator, which will provide capital and training for 40 start-ups.
Banks must screen customers and their transactions throughout the client life cycle to comply with strict international financial crime laws.
The company honours its sixth anniversary with a global campaign and regional celebrations in the spirit of 'Building Together'.
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
There are 781 million registered mobile money accounts in Africa, accounting for 48.8% of global users, according to a GSMA report.
The digital bank integrates the PayShap service, to offer clients an easy way to make instant payments.
SA financial services organisations have around 15 months to comply with the new Joint Standard: Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience.
The multi-acquiring solution encountered technical issues with its first priority processing bank, so it swiftly switched operations to the second priority bank.
The big-four bank names Sashin Sookroo as CEO of FNB Connect, its mobile virtual network operator.