FastNet achieves PCI DSS compliance

In a bid to fight increasing card fraud, which is estimated to have cost $11,27-billion worldwide in 2012 (a 14,6% increase year-on-year), leading wireless data company, FastNet, has announced it has achieved Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)...

Standard Bank opens Innovation Centre

Standard Bank has opened its first Innovation and Design Centre in Johannesburg. The centre is configured for technology-driven testing including mobile applications and will be accessed by both customers and staff, across personal and business banking. By putting...

Infrasoft accelerates core banking solutions

Infrasoft Technologies, a market leader with more than 130 core banking installations across more than 3 000 sites, accelerates the next generation cloud-based core banking solutions for the smaller financial institutions and co-operative banks. The solution helps the...

MTN Rwanda deploys Ericsson solution

Ericsson has announced that MTN Rwanda has deployed its Converged Wallet m-commerce solution. The launch brings easy-to-use, next-generation mobile financial services to MTN Rwanda’s subscribers, including mobile phone users that do not have access to traditional...

Clickatell PIN-less airtime booms in Nigeria

AfricaCom 2013 provided visitors to the continent’s largest telecoms conference with deep insight into the rapid growth of data penetration and mobile services across Africa, with much of the focus on the subject of Mobile Money and related products. Clickatell, a...

FNB offers smart devices to customers

Qualifying FNB Cheque Account holders and FNB Private Clients can now buy up to four smart devices* on their banking profiles dependant on affordability. This comes just in time for the festive season gift buying rush. In the past, customers were limited to one device...