Hello Group selected as Start-up Challenge semi-finalist

Hello Paisa, an offering from leading service provider Hello Group has been announced as a semi-finalist in the 2016 African Start-up Challenge hosted by Innotribe. Hello Paisa is a mobile phone based international money transfer service that allows migrants in South...

Compare up to 26 financial products

South Africans can now instantly compare 26 financial products from 106 financial institutions to be able to save money and to choose the products which best suits their needs. These range from loans (including personal and student loans), cheque accounts and debit...

Customer insights for financial services

Accenture and Avanade have announced a solution dedicated to helping financial services firms transform their customer experience through greater personalisation in a digital world. Developed in collaboration with Microsoft and built on top of Microsoft Dynamics CRM...

Mobile technology can set the world alight

The World Bank’s Global Findex financial inclusion study shows that 12% of adults in sub-Saharan Africa have mobile money accounts – compared to just 2% worldwide – and of these 64 million adults, 45% of them have only a mobile money account, writes...

MasterCard IQ Series reduces false payment declines

MasterCard launched the IQ Series at its Global Risk Leadership Conference in Dubai yesterday. Designed to harness real-time insights and intelligence, MasterCard IQ Series’ suite of solutions empower card issuers and merchants to authorise transactions with...

Absa pilots data analytics platform

Absa Bank has launched an internal pilot of its social media and wider unstructured data analytics platform, Barclays Pronto, to select colleagues. Built in-house and entirely on open source technology, Barclays Pronto brings the voice of customers and other users...