Crunch time for authentication decisions

Banks are revisiting their choices around authentication technology as new protocols become available and consumer behaviour swings towards a massive take-up of mobile transactions. As many as half of all online transactions in South Africa are not completed because...

Namibian banks embrace digital transformation

One of the biggest challenges facing financial services organisations that are embarking on digital transformation initiatives, is to integrate data while still ensuring business continuity. For Namibian-based Capricorn Group, Veeam Software provided the assistance it...

The face of insurance risk in an IoT-enabled world

We live in an increasingly connected world, and if the Internet of Things (IoT) has its way, technology is poised to change life as we know it – by interconnecting everything around us and integrating technological insight into physical everyday items. This...

Insurers can benefit from the blockchain

The spotlight has fallen on the likes of bitcoin and blockchain in recent weeks. But how can insurers benefit from cryptocurrency and the platform that carries it? Jonathan Jardim, senior developer for Rubix Digital Solutions, subsidiary of SilverBridge Holdings,...

Financial firms need security that keeps pace with disruption

Financial institutions are typically large, complex entities. They have one key requirement when it comes to security – the solutions they select have to last the distance. This means they need to be able to evolve rapidly, integrate easily with other systems,...

Fintech and banks: competition or collaboration?

Ever since the beginnings of fintech and the boom that followed the 2008 financial crisis, newly-founded financial technology companies and initiatives have posed competition to the more traditional financial institutions. This is according to White Label Crowdfunding...