Skills academy opens in US and SA

Online educational specialist New Skills Academy has opened new offices in Chicago and Johannesburg. The two new sites join existing operations in Nepal, Tanzania and its HQ in Ware, Hertfordshire. The opening of the new offices comes as the award-winning online...

Financial services looks to mobile-first

Rapid technological innovation and the emergence of more stringent regulations means that banks are having to reinvent themselves as trusted providers of a much broader range of financial services, delivered securely to consumers primarily via mobile technology. The...

A new way of predicting credit risk

TransUnion introduced its new CreditVision credit scoring solution, changing how lenders offer credit to South African consumers while providing consumers with more opportunities. A recent TransUnion study identified 3-million consumers who previously could not gain...

SRIC migrates to new platform

The Swaziland Royal Insurance Corporation (SRIC) has chosen to migrate to SSP’s digital insurance platform, SSP Pure Insurance. SRIC wanted a platform with the digital capabilities necessary to maintain its position as the largest insurer in Swaziland. SSP Pure...

Take the hassle out of insurance forms

TransUnion’s new Prefill solution can help the insurance application process become faster and easier than ever. Prefill makes the application process easier for the consumer, as well as faster and more efficient for the provider. Using little more than the...

Hamlyn Centre to develop new tools

The Hamlyn Centre at Imperial College London today announces the award of a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to accelerate research into new integrated technology systems for accurately measuring dietary intake. The grant of $1,5-million will fund...