Unusual times demand shifts in strategic business thinking
By Industry Contributor 28 May 2020By Dr Rufaro Mucheka (PhD), Head of Strategy, Nedbank Financial Planning FULL STORY >
Nedbank offers a taste of its Avo, promising to revolutionise shopping
By Ryan Noik 19 May 2020Today, Avo is not just a superfruit, it is also the name of Nedbank’s newly unveiled super app, with which Nedbank hopes to revolutionise shipping and selling in South Africa. FULL STORY >
Interview with Absa’s Sandro Bucchianeri: Staying secure in a pandemic
By Ryan Noik 15 May 2020Recently we sat down with Absa group chief security officer Sandro Bucchianeri to discuss Absa's approach to cybersecurity, pandemics, and dealing with unforeseen threats. FULL STORY >
2020 sees banking infections intensify, with a third of South African users being vulnerable to attacks, says Kaspersky
By Staff Writer 6 April 2020Kaspersky statistics have shown that the cases of downloading malicious programs targeting users’ bank accounts has become more frequent this year so far. FULL STORY >
Microsoft and SAP partnership to help Standard Bank Embrace digital era
By Ryan Noik 3 March 2020Microsoft, SAP and Standard Bank today explained how embracing collaboration is not just good for business but for customers and consumers as well. FULL STORY >
Russian speaking hacking group is attacking banks in Sub-Saharan Africa
By Staff Writer 13 January 2020Kaspersky security researchers have reported on thousands of notifications of attacks on major banks located in the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region with the notorious Silence hacking group indicated to likely be the... FULL STORY >
uKheshe partners with Mastercard to bring mobile payments to unbanked South Africans
By Press Release 3 December 2019uKheshe, a locally developed financial inclusion platform, has further enhanced its offering to the unbanked by collaborating with Mastercard to enable informal traders, street vendors and casual labourers to... FULL STORY >
Black Friday: How to keep your money safe during the shopping frenzy
By Staff Writer 28 November 2019Standard Bank has offered several tips on how to keep your money safe ahead of Black Friday, both when shopping online and off. FULL STORY >
Industry Insight - Preparing Standard Bank’s workforce to secure future fit competences
By Industry Contributor 25 November 2019The fourth industrial revolution is changing the workplace with unprecedented speed. To remain relevant, companies and their employees must act now to prepare themselves for a vastly changed future of... FULL STORY >
Security cultures - Changing the human conversation
By Industry Contributor 2 October 2019Anna Collard, MD of Popcorn Training, explains why effective enterprise security relies on culture, not just IT. FULL STORY >
Opinion: African challenger banks are primed by tech to disrupt financial services industry
By Opinion 20 September 2019The road is open for African banks, particularly challengers, to shake up the market with best new technologies and services, according to Andile Solutions FULL STORY >
Customers can now draft a Will digitally at no cost, through FNB Online
By Staff Writer 13 September 2019First National Bank has announced that its customers can now draw up their own Wills via the FNB Online Banking platform at no cost. FULL STORY >
Industry Insight - Why Biometric Technology will be key to Digital Transformation for SA Banks
By Industry Contributor 9 September 2019Lance Fanaroff, a Director at iiDENTIFii, explains why biometrics is essential to banks if they wish to come out ahead of cyber attacks and handle the rise of digital transformation. FULL STORY >
Nedbank and Microsoft announce partnership
By Staff Writer 2 September 2019Microsoft and Nedbank have announced that the financial services provider has partnered with the tech giant to migrate components of its IT infrastructure to the cloud, making Nedbank the first bank in the country to run operations of this scale in the... FULL STORY >
Industry advice - Wisdom of the tribe: how crowdsourcing can accelerate innovation in financial services
By Industry Contributor 20 August 2019Crowdsourced innovation management plays a vital role in financial services firms of the future, asserts Steve Lauter, Head Banking (Africa) at Wipro Limited. FULL STORY >
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