Big data transforming insurance

The growth of data has changed the way insurers use information. Today, they need to more effectively tap into new data sources to better price their risks and improve customer relationships. Kelly Preston, data analytics manager at SilverBridge, takes a closer look....

BT links world’s biggest foreign exchanges

BT is linking up the world’s five main foreign exchange (FX) locations to help boost the competitiveness of its global financial industry customers. The company is now offering BT Radianz FX express, dedicated high-speed links between financial hubs in the UK,...

Fintech startup enables VAS revenues

Retailers are increasing their revenues by hundreds of millions of rands selling virtual products and services known as value-added services (VAS). These include prepaid airtime, prepaid electricity, gift cards, bill payments, money transfers, e-tickets and loyalty...

Gain actionable insights from your insurance data

Companies need to leverage business intelligence (BI) more effectively to get the best value out of the data being generated. In the information-rich insurance industry, says Kelly Preston, data analytics manager at SilverBridge, this should be a strategic...

Uptick in consumers banking outside normal hours

FNB is seeing rapid growth in the number of consumers that are doing their banking outside the normal banking hours due to the convenience of Automated Deposit Tellers (ADTs) which do not require users to go inside the branch. ADTs are self-help terminals that allow...

Make retail work with machine learning

In order to gain better control over stock flows and better serve their customers, retailers will need to turn to artificial intelligence (AI) to improve business efficiencies. Bradley Elliott, MD of digital agency Platinum Seed discusses the role that machine...