Staying secure with mobile banking

Before mobile banking becomes truly universal, banks and financial institutions must consider the balance between security and usability, says Martin Walshaw, senior engineer at F5 Networks. We live in an app world. We shop through apps, we catch up with the latest...

SMMEs embrace online, mobile banking

Small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) are the most active business users of FNB’s online and mobile banking services, with FNB Business reporting that approximately 50% of SMMEs conduct an average of 20 online and mobile banking transactions per month. In...

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...

Airtime could be a loyalty incentive

Airtime could be used as an incentive to drive the uptake and usage of mobile money services in countries where its growth has been sluggish. This is the word from Ericsson’s head of mobile commerce sales: EMEA, speaking at a mobile money conference in Johannesburg....

Orange, BNP Paribas offer banking services

Orange and the BNP Paribas group offer retail banking customers in Africa direct access between their BNP Paribas account and their Orange Money account through their mobile phones. This new service is available starting today in Côte d’Ivoire and will be extended to...