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...

Boost for youth employment in Middle East and Africa

To further promote youth employability in the Middle East and Africa, Microsoft has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Udemy, a marketplace for online learning and teaching. The MoU commits the parties to share skills-based course offerings available...

BlackBerry, Sharecare partner on secure healthcare

BlackBerry has announced a partnership with Sharecare, a leading digital health and wellness engagement platform, to provide consumers with better and more secure insights into their health. Over 41-million people have shared more than 6 billion data points about...

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...

Top technologies for retail at a glance

In recent years we have seen the consumption of technology grow at an ever-increasing speed, writes Robbie Johnson, retail manager at DCC. Sometimes, just as you have become accustomed to an operating system (OS) or a smaller mobile phone, it’s time to upgrade...