Local fintech tackles US market

Global Kinetic, a specialist in transaction processing software and digital banking solutions, will showcase its FutureBank platform at Money2020 this month in Las Vegas. Martin Dippenaar, founder and CEO of Global Kinetic, says that FutureBank is opening the door to...

IBM announces major payment blockchain

IBM has announced a new blockchain banking solution that will help financial institutions address the processes of universal cross-border payments, designed to reduce the settlement time and lower the cost of completing global payments for businesses and consumers....

The hunt is on for security talent

The lack of qualified IT security talent remains a prevalent issue for businesses around the world, with 33% of companies last year admitting that improving their in house security expertise is among the top three priorities of their IT security investment, and 48%...

SA banking goes mobile

Smartphones are the new hub from which tech-savvy consumers run their financial lives. In the developed world, bank branches are closing at an accelerated rate due to a decline in the use of cash and the huge uptake of digital payment systems. In the UK, the number of...

DHL Express is a top African employer

DHL Express has been certified as a Top Employer in Africa for the fourth consecutive year, at the Top Employer Africa 2018 certification ceremony. Hennie Heymans, CEO of DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa, comments: “DHL Express values its employees and strives to make...

DNA storage: coming soon?

Where will we store the three zettabytes (3 000-billion-billion bytes) of data that currently exists in the world, and that will in the future be double or even triple that amount? If mathematician and genome scientist Nick Goldman has his way, this mountain of data...