FNB’s Slimlines grow in popularity

FNB’s Slimline self-service terminals have shown continued growth in popularity with a 30% increase in transaction volumes for the period July 2014 on April 2015. This innovative self-service terminal with large touch screen, integrated camera and Chip and PIN reader...

SMEs seek streamlined finance solutions

SMEs are looking for four things from their business systems and payment solutions – 24/7 availability, access to data wherever they are, and seamless secure integration within their business applications and third-party apps and services. That’s according to...

MMI supports Startupbootcamp programme

JSE listed MMI Holdings has upped its investment in innovation by becoming an early investor partner in the first ever insurance incubator programme managed by Startupbootcamp, a leading international start-up accelerator. Based in London, the programme invites global...

Digital transformation to change insurance

The advent of the digital world is revolutionising technology, in turn creating disruptive trends such as social, mobile, analytics and cloud (SMAC), says Saraswati Pramudi, principal consultant at Wipro BAS Architecture Practice. A new category of consumer is...

Insurance as a service

Studies conducted by Ovum reveal that the use of SaaS (software as a service) in the global insurance industry is already significant with at least a third of all insurers fully deploying or trialling SaaS currently. Despite a significant minority of insurers...

SimbaPay launches access to M-Pesa PayBill

SimbaPay has announced the launch of the first product in the world that allows Kenyans living abroad to make M-Pesa PayBill payments. This is a new addition to the existing SimbaPay platform. M-Pesa PayBill is an M-Pesa service that has previously only been available...