Gemalto protects banks from cyber-threats
Gemalto has launched Ezio Armored Application, an entirely software-based solution that enables banks to quickly deploy secure e-banking applications on any PC. Ezio Armored Application secures e-banking end users against the latest generation of fraudulent and...
Elliott to grow electronic payments adoption
MasterCard, a technology company in the global payments industry, has appointed Mark Elliott as division president for South Africa. Based in Johannesburg, Elliott will oversee the performance, strategic direction and brand development of MasterCard in South Africa....
SWIFT’s Sanctions Screening service grows
SWIFT announces that its Sanctions Screening service has surpassed the 230-customer milestone just two years after its introduction as the first solution in SWIFT’s financial crime compliance services portfolio. Sanctions Screening is a shared service that screens...
Banks can learn from cybercriminals
Cybercrime costs the South African economy R5,8-billion a year and 19% of online banking users have fallen victim to online fraud, up from 10% a year ago, says William Lawrence, regional practice lead: Fraud and Financial Crimes at SAS. Understanding how...
Gemalto unveils comprehensive hub service
Gemalto has introduced its Allynis Trusted Services Hub, a turnkey business service that enables financial institutions, enterprises, transport operators and more generally all digital service providers to benefit from a single connection in order to securely deploy...
South African banks must restore trust
The recent failure of African Bank, and the subsequent Moody’s downgrading of all South African banks, indicates a serious lack of trust in the compliance culture of our banking system, says Gary Allemann, MD, Master Data Management. Realistically, no other South...
FNB customers withdraw R9,5bn from retailers
FNB has announced that R9,5-billion has been withdrawn from tills across South Africa since the inception of the Cash@Till service for customers in 2012. Sixty-five percent of this amount was withdrawn in the last year alone (since July 2013). “We have seen strong...
TruTeq Wireless, Westpac Bank team up
Pretoria-based GSM mobile technology company, TruTeq Wireless has partnered with Australia's leading bank to roll out a mobile banking platform to seven Pacific island countries. Westpac Pacific Banking launched its first USSD-based mobile banking application in the...
Sanlam enhances reporting with TBIS, IBM
Technique Business Intelligence Software (TBIS), a member of the PBT group of companies and a Premier IBM Business Partner, has implemented IBM Pure Data for Analytics (Netezza) technology at the Glacier division of Sanlam, to provide it with the means to manage and...
SilverBridge releases Exergy NodeWalker
SilverBridge, a financial services application solutions provider, has introduced an integrated workflow component to its world-class life assurance administration platform. Exergy NodeWalker is creating hype in the industry, helping insurance companies achieve better...
FNB and NCR win banking award
First National Bank (FNB) and NCR Corporation (NCR), the global leader in consumer transaction technologies, won the award for Best ATM and Kiosk Project in Africa, at The Asian Banker’s Middle East and Africa Country 2014 Award ceremony. FNB was the only bank in...
Insight for the insurance industry
A tidal wave of data is drowning the enterprise. A terabyte, maybe two a few years ago, has grown to several petabytes for the larger entities, and most cannot cope with the speed and velocity at which this data is coming at them. Moreover, the vast majority of the...