Fiserv, a provider of financial services technology solutions, has announced that Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited, the largest bank in Thailand with more than 17 million customer accounts, has upgraded its mobile banking, alerting and payments platform to Mobiliti Edge from Fiserv. With Mobiliti Edge, Bangkok Bank customers will be able to securely access their
Since its establishment less than five years ago, the Tanzania Women’s Bank has managed to penetrate the market to reach more women entrepreneurs and generally spearhead the war against poverty in the country. The Bank’s founding Managing Director Mrs Margareth Chacha granted an exclusive interview to Daily News’ special correspondent. Excerpts. Tanzania Women’s Bank (TWB) is one
Access Bank Tanzania has opened a branch in Tabora Region to bring the number of its branches in the country up to ten, in accordance with its expansion programme. The branch opened recently offers a full range of banking services, business loans to micro, small and medium-sized entrepreneurs, Access Bank Chief Executive Officer, Mr Roland
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated has been declared the most valuable brand in Africa – outside South Africa – in the annual ranking of the global banking and financial magazine ‘The Banker’ in its special edition Brand Finance Banking 500 of February 2014. Present in more African countries than any other bank in the world, Ecobank has
Guaranty Trust Bank plc (GTBank) has now concluded the acquisition of a 70% stake in Fina Bank Group, after securing the required regulatory approvals in the 3 East African countries – Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda as well as in Nigeria. GTBank acquired a 70% stake in Fina Bank Group through a combination of capital injection as
The Managing Director of Guaranty Trust Bank Ghana; Mr. Lekan Sanusi, says banks must strive hard to be innovative as without this they risk going out of business. “Without innovation you can’t continue to remain as a business in the minds of the customers. Customers must be able to know that there’s always something new
FNB has expanded its dotFNB branch footprint by opening the first cashless bank branch on the West Rand. The new dotFNB branch has opened at Cradlestone Mall, the newly developed shopping complex in Mogale City. Following the success of the first dotFNB branch, which opened in April 2012 at Nicolway Shopping Centre in Bryanston, a
Citi has launched its redesigned Citi Mobile app for iPhone and Android devices to provide U.S. banking and credit card customers with new and enhanced mobile account management capabilities. New features, a cleaner, sleeker design, intuitive navigation and alerts on-the-go have been added to make it faster and simpler for customers to check balances, transfer
Standard Bank Group (Standard Bank or the Group) and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) have entered into a sale and purchase agreement in terms of which ICBC will acquire a controlling interest in Standard Bank’s London-based Global Markets business. ICBC will acquire, for cash, 60% of Standard Bank Plc, the Group’s UK
Kenya’s NIC Bank has announced the launch of NOW mobile banking, a platform that facilitates efficient, on-the-go financial services including online cheque deposits. The company has developed a mobile application and online banking service. “This strategic shift is an answer to the emerging “NOW” generation that demands everything on their fingertips. Through this strategy, we
