Articles about Andrew Baker

Andrew Baker appointed as Capitec CIO

Andrew Baker, who previously served as chief technology officer, takes the helm from Wim de Bruyn.

AI reshapes South African banks’ investment priorities

FNB, Absa, Standard Bank, Nedbank and Capitec go beyond pilot projects and isolated AI experiments to large-scale deployment across core operations.

Transaction Junction utilises AWS Cloud to scale internationally

The AWS Cloud solution has enabled Transaction Junction to remotely deploy Junction@POS and serve customers anywhere in the world.

Absa partners AWS to launch cloud skills incubator

The initiative will equip more than 1 500 staff across the bank’s African operations with advanced cloud computing skills this year.

Absa joins Sovrin Foundation in blockchain, security push

Using Sovrin's decentralised distributed ledger technology will help Absa solve client identity challenges and decrease financial transaction costs.

Absa joins global blockchain consortium

The bank enters the R3 grouping in an effort to develop Africa's first distributed ledger-based banking system.