Ann Cairns, President of International Markets, MasterCard, with Peter Schlebusch, Group Executive, Standard Bank Group celebrate the signing of an agreement strengthening the relationship between MasterCard and Standard Bank Group for another five years. This agreement will expand the remit of MasterCard across the African countries where Standard Bank is present and leverages the use
The Solidarity Bank Charges 2013 report shows that FNB’s Easy Account is the cheapest full-service bank account in South Africa. “Price is important for customers, but they should also look for the best quality account offering the best benefits,” says Seth Maanda, Head of Sales and Marketing at FNB Transact. FNB’s Easy Account customers have
Standard Chartered Bank has introduced cross border banking aimed at providing seamless banking services to its SME customers across East Africa. With this new service, customers can transact freely within East Africa as if they were in their home country and at no extra cost. A customer will be able to access their funds throughout
For the seventh year in a row, consumers have rated American Express highest in customer satisfaction among U.S. credit card companies, according to the annual nationwide study by J.D. Power. The study, released earlier today, places American Express highest in overall satisfaction among 11 of the largest card issuers in the U.S. American Express remains
National Microfinance Bank PLC (NMB) has been named “the Best Bank in Tanzania for 2013” by pre-eminent international finance magazine Euromoney. The awards were presented at the 2013 Euro money Awards for Excellence Dinner in London. In the year 2012, NMB has made notable progress by providing transactional, savings and investment, and lending solutions to
TSYS a leading global payments solution provider, and FICO® a leading analytics software company, have announced the integration of FICO’s latest version of its fraud management solution, FICO® Falcon® Fraud Manager 6 with TSYS’ licensed PRIME card and merchant management solution. This extension to TSYS’ global strategic alliance with FICO will enable TSYS to offer the Falcon
As part of efforts to enhance the delivery of affordable financial services in the country, Access Bank (Ghana) Limited has launched its first ever customer loyalty promotion dubbed “Easy Access Promo”. The promotion, which seeks to reward loyal customers of the Bank, is also aimed at deepening the savings culture in Ghana by empowering individuals
SkyVision’s Private Network solution provided a voice and data network to a Côte d’Ivoire microfinance provider. SkyVision Global Networks Ltd., a global provider of IP connectivity over satellite and fiber optic systems, announced that it has successfully completed the installation of a private satellite network solution for UNACOOPEC-CI (National Union of Savings and Credit Cooperatives)
Mahindra Comviva, a provider of mobile financial and VAS solutions, announced its mobiquity® mobile financial services platform has been awarded the best Mobile Banking Technology award by World Finance Technology Awards 2013, declared recently in London. Mahindra Comviva was recognized for its work in delivering relevant technology solutions for accelerating financial services growth in Asia
Nedbank Group and the Bank of China (’BoC’) have entered into a strategic business cooperation agreement to grow business flows between the People’s Republic of China (’China’) and Africa. The alliance will support clients of the BoC as they look to grow and invest in South Africa and the rest of Africa by providing access
