Intelligent Banking & Finance

Driving the FinTech and Regulation success story

Lee Naik, Chief Executive Officer, TransUnion Africa, says that FinTechs could shape tomorrow’s finance regulations. Tell me if you’ve heard this one before. Somewhere in Africa, some savvy entrepreneurs come up with a potentially disruptive solution to a longstanding...

Cybersecurity requires new thinking, says Trend Micro expert

According to Indi Siriniwasa, VP at Trend Micro Sub Saharan Africa, the recent state of Distributed Denial of Service (DDos) attacks on several South African financial institutions has once again highlighted the importance of having an integrated cybersecurity approach...

D-Day for banks and the City of Johannesburg to pay ransom demands

Today is D-Day for for banks and the City of Johannesburg to pay ransom demands that were sent through by hackers last week. It is alleged that two separate groups of hackers are threatening to close down the finance sector and local government at a time when South Africans...

AfricaCom will include exhibition split into technology zones

An exhibition split into technology zones is to run alongside this year’s AfricaCom. AfricaTech will take over the whole of CTICC 2 within the Cape Town International Convention Centre, with the zones and premium conferences dedicated to Internet of Things, Blockchain,...