Bank Zero runs on an open IBM platform

Africa’s newest digital bank, Bank Zero, has selected IBM to deliver an open-source based banking platform. As Bank Zero sets out to provide a fully digital banking experience for customers on their mobile devices, its core banking applications will run on IBM...

Competition essential for lower electricity prices

A market for electricity has a salutary effect on the behaviour of all the participants in the generation and supply of electricity. Generating plants, transmission grids, distribution grids, wholesalers and retailers, all behave differently when they compete for...

Manufacturing in the era of Industry 4.0

Kathy Gibson is at the Deloitte Risk Conference in Sandton – When it comes to enabling Industry 4.0, the state has a major role to play, and we could learn from how Singapore has turned itself into a knowledge economy, attracting new manufacturing opportunities....

Bank Zero gets off the ground

Michael Jordaan’s long-anticipated Bank Zero has been registered as a mutual bank effective 17 August 2018. The bank – which is more than 45% black-owned and 20% women-owned – was granted its licence, has integrated with the national payments systems...

Digital disruption drives business risk, innovation

Kathy Gibson is at the Deloitte Risk Conference in Sandton – Arguably one of the biggest risks facing business today is the speed of digital transformation and innovation. These create a lot of friction that we need to address, says Thiru Pillay, MD: consulting...

Building a united front on financial crimes

Cyber attacks against financial services firms and other sectors have increased in number, size and sophistication. Globally, cybercriminals have launched large-scale attacks against banks and other financial institutions, siphoning billions of dollars from bank...