Intelligent Banking & Finance
Cellulant partners with NALA to power low-cost cross-border...
NALA, a Tanzania based FinTech, has teamed up with Cellulant, a pan-African payments company, to power remittance payments from the United Kingdom and United States into Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and Ghana. Besides Official Direct Assistance (ODA), remittances make up...
Skaleet and Mobiblanc partner for a cutting-edge tech to serve...
Skaleet, an international FinTech providing next-generation core banking platform (CBP), has partnered with Mobiblanc, an Agile digital services entreprise (ESN), to offer turnkey solutions to financial institutions across Africa. The partnership will ensure that financial...
Banking malware threats surging as mobile banking increases
The Nokia 2021 Threat Intelligence Report has revealed that banking malware threats are sharply increasing as cyber criminals target the rising popularity of mobile banking on smartphones, with plots aimed at stealing personal banking credentials and credit card information....
Nigeria-based FinTech Kudi changes name to Nomba
African FinTech company Kudi has announced it has changed its name to Nomba as it transitions into an omni-channel payment platform providing tools to enable businesses grow. The company has expanded its range of services to provide easy-to-use business tools for all kinds of...
Features
African enterprises warm up to Blockchain technology
Blockchain is a record-keeping technology designed to make it impossible to hack the system or forge the data stored on it, thereby...
The lessons of 2020 are driving trends in business leadership and FinTech for 2021
Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and Chairman of Nigerian FinTech firm Innovate1Pay, Mahmood Ahmadu has shared his vision for 2021, as...
Managing security budgets for peak performance
Gartner, a world-leading research and advisory company, has forecasted worldwide security and risk management spending growth to slow but...
Mukuru CEO – Using technology to serve the underserved
Mukuru is one of the largest remittance companies in Africa that brings safe and reliable financial services to underserved communities...
Insights
Eight guiding principles for Zero Trust in banking and financial services today
Security leaders will be familiar with the term ‘Zero Trust’ – an approach crucial as vulnerabilities and attacks are...
How ransomware is destabilising cyber insurance – and what to do about it
With the rise of Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) techniques, double extortion attacks and the low cost of ransomware kits, unsustainable...
FinTech’s power lies in solving problems not just in delivering shiny apps
Andy Jury, Chief Executive Officers, Mukuru, explains pioneering effects of FinTech in Africa and why all too often, companies or...
How next generation financial services platforms are driving global financial inclusion
Next generation tools that provide essential financial services are becoming a powerful force for change by driving financial inclusion...
Case Studies
Nedbank goes all-in on hybrid work with Citrix
Nedbank, one of South Africa’s four largest banks, has made a permanent shift to a new model, leveraging digital workspace...