Insurance industry shifting …

Buying  insurance is a daunting process that customers often begrudgingly undertake. In fact, according to a 2011 study, customers use on average more than 11 sources of information before making an insurance purchase. That means that before the business is even aware...

Communication Genetics wins FIS contract

Customer communication solutions provider Communication Genetics has secured the contract to supply FIS’s comprehensive customer communication software CFS, to key industries in South Africa including finance, insurance and retail. FIS is a Florida-based global...

Insurer offers new services with the help of Oracle

Maitland, a global independent third-party fund administrator has launched its new investor servicing retirement and life products to the South African market with the help of Oracle FlexCube Investor Servicing. “This is the first critical delivery of the...

SA bank uses tech to counter money-laundering

A mid-size South African bank has deployed Fico Tonbeller’s Anti-Money Laundering (AML) solution from Bateleur Software for regulatory compliance purposes, as well as its obligation to customers, and to ensure parity with AML and counter terrorism financing...

Barclays Africa opens CT Rise innovation hub

Barclays Africa officially opened its Rise innovation hub in Cape Town’s Bandwidth Barn yesterday, providing Africa’s innovators and start-ups with a physical location to facilitate collaboration and fintech  (financial-technology) innovation. Created by...

HomeSend launches remittance service with Hello Paisa in SA

HomeSend, the international payment and money transfer hub, today announced the launch of live remittance services for Hello Paisa, a South African money transfer operator offering a fast and efficient way for customers to send money to friends and family in other...