Centenary Bank of Uganda has unveiled CenteMobile, a mobile banking service for its customers. The service supports funds transfers, account and statement queries as well as airtime purchases and bill payments. It can be accessed on all mobile networks including MTN, Airtel, Warid, Orange and Uganda Telecom. The service is supported for both simple and smart phones.
FNB Mozambique has been awarded the PMR.Africa Golden Arrow award 2013 for Personal Banking Excellence. The awards were conferred by PMR Africa (Performance Management Review), a research consultancy, at an awards ceremony held in Maputo yesterday. Rated by over 150 CEOs, MDs, business owners, company directors, and Government officials based in Mozambique, the award recognizes
Barclays Bank of Ghana is providing 24-hour access to financial services delivered at the ATM, enabled through NCR Corporation software. Barclays, which has operated in Ghana for more than 95 years, has installed 29 NCR SelfServ 34 ATMs featuring intelligent deposit, allowing Barclays customers to deposit cash without an envelope and get immediate, on-screen validation
Dutch bank, Rabobank Group has received permission from the Central Bank of Uganda to take a stake of 27.5% of the shares of ownership in the dfcu Bank, ranked 5th among the licensed commercial banks in Uganda. The partnership will be managed by subsidiary Rabo Development, which actively participates in 7 partner banks in developing
National Bank of Kenya has launched an Islamic banking window as it seeks to expand its business portfolio into the retail and corporate segments. The window, called ‘National Amanah’, is targeted at retail, SME and corporate clients offering banking products and services in compliance with Islamic shariah. Though based on Shariah compliance the products and
Global Finance magazine, in their yearly exclusive survey, has just announced the World’s Best Emerging Markets Banks for 2013. Winners are assessed and selected by Global Finance editors, industry analysts, corporate executives and banking consultants. Decisions are based on growth in assets, profitability, strategic relationships, customer service, competitive pricing, and innovative products. Included in this report are the
Angola’s leading ATM network operator will in future be using Wincor Nixdorf’s ProView software to handle IT service management for its 2000 self-service systems. EMIS, a company that is majority-owned by Angolan banks, aims to use the solution to improve the availability of the systems. At the same time it is expected that the
Mobile POS (point of sale) acceptance is attracting small merchants to big-box retailers, posing a growing threat to traditional terminal-based solutions and vendors. Javelin Strategy & Research released the firm’s first “Mobile Point of Sale (POS) Business and Market Impact 2013″ report, which provides a market sizing of the US merchant marketplace and comparisons among 14
The British Council announced the launch of a new online payment system for IELTS (International English Language Testing System) tests in Nigeria. Users can now pay online using their Visa or MasterCard debit or credit cards. IELTS is the world’s most popular English test and is accepted by over 6,000 organizations in 135 countries. Over one
Heartland Payment Systems, one of the USA’s largest payments processors, and LevelUp are joining forces to make mobile payments mainstream in 2013. After successful pilot programs the pair is partnering on the first roll out of a mobile payment solution across the USA. As a result of this partnership, Heartland’s more than 800-person sales force,
