FNB revamps eBucks Rewards for business

FNB will be changing its eBucks Rewards programme for businesses from 1 September, saying it is simplifying the way FNB Business and RMB Private Bank Business customers qualify, get rewarded and move up tiers. Businesses will be required to meet a new set of criteria...

Financial malware on the increase

Kaspersky researchers have discovered 430 000 users faced malware aimed at stealing finances, cryptocurrencies and Web-money services in the first half of 2019 – 7% more than in the same period last year. Over a third (30,9%) of those affected are corporate...

Telkom switching customers on to wireless

With more than 96% of its prepaid fixed line customers upgraded to wireless, Telkom will discontinue its legacy copper-based fixed line prepaid service platform from 1 August. Telkom says its wireless service is more reliable than its copper-based technology and is...

Satellite solution revolutionises anti-poaching battle

Mobile satellite communications specialist, Inmarsat, has joined forces with environmental and health organisation Resolve to develop a revolutionary, satellite-enabled solution to safeguard endangered wildlife across the African continent. Resolve’s...

SA students off to coding ‘Grand Prix’ in Baku

Teen programmers from 86 countries, including South Africa, will compete for top honours at the 2019 International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) being held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 4 to 11 August. Each country sends four high school learners to the international...

Eskom Expo whizzkid heads to Germany

After shining at the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists International Science Fair (ISF), young scientist Brad Etienne Spies is heading to Germany to embark on a three-and-a-half year electronics/mechatronics apprenticeship at the Siemens Technical Academy in Berlin. The...