Financial services cybersecurity vital in digital transformation
User experience remains the main differentiator for successful financial services organisations and digital transformation provides the only scalable answer. By Ricardo Ferreira and Michael Brown of Fortinet The digitisation of products, services, and operations is...
Welcome to the world of open banking
Internationally, open banking has been seen as a financial revolution - bringing about ways for consumers to feel more empowered than ever before, enabling them to be vetted and easily gain access to what they need given their lifestyle needs. Simply stated, open...
Ukheshe Labs to focus on digital payments
Banking as a Service (BaaS) and embedded finance enabler Ukheshe has launched a new innovation hub, Ukheshe Labs, to focus on research and development in the digital payments market. Jason Penton, Ukheshe co-founder and head of Ukheshe Labs, says such an endeavour...
Insurers win with low-code/no-code solutions
Globally, insurers are under pressure to find more innovative ways of delivering on customers' need for more personalised solutions. Low-code and no-code platforms provide insurers with a more flexible and efficient approach to developing data-driven solutions that...
Is there a future in cryptocurrencies?
FTX, a major cryptocurrency exchange, and FTX.US, its US branch, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on 11 November 2022. This is just the latest disturbance to hit the extremely volatile cryptocurrency market - a market that has repeatedly avoided all efforts at...
BI enhances the banking experience, mitigates digital risk
The 2022 SITEisfaction survey emphasises the need for digital inclusivity in digital banking for clients, stating that banks should empower clients to use digital platforms autonomously, which allows them to stay in better control of their finances. By Blessing Mgaga,...
SilverBridge digitalises Mauritian insurer’s customer onboarding process
MUA, a regional financial services company committed to providing innovative insurance and financial solutions for communities in Mauritius, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean, partnered with South African financial services technology provider SilverBridge to...
Smarter ways to use data to supercharge the banking sector
The South African banking sector remains fiercely competitive with challenger banks and niche lenders intensifying the race. When it comes to securing both the lucrative SMME sector as well as a consumer market more willing than ever to switch, finding ways to curate...
Digital transformation and long-term insurance: navigating trust in the modern world
In a digitally transformed world, trust is becoming an increasingly valuable commodity. This is especially true when it comes to long-term insurance. Consumers need to feel confident that their insurance provider will be there for them in the long run, but in a world...
Partnership eases cross-border payments for African exchanges
The Pan African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) and the African Securities Exchange Association (ASEA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to enhance collaboration and co-operation in promoting cross-border payments of capital markets infrastructure...
SigniFlow partners with Entrust to enhance trust services
SigniFlow is partnering with Entrust to bring current and new users certificate-based signing from Entrust. "We are excited to announce the addition of Entrust products to SigniFlow's value-added product line during quarter one of 2023," said SigniFlow CEO Leon Van...
New solution makes policy generation 70% faster for Shackleton
Insurtech Root and Shackleton Life have partnered to overhaul the long-term insurance company's policy administration system (PAS). The new system has reduced the time taken to generate a policy by 70%, from 20 minutes to six minutes. Shackleton Life's core product is...