Market Insight: Transforming Customer Journeys, CR2 in partnership with IBS Intelligence

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READ THE REPORT HERE A continuously evolving landscape, cutting-edge competition and rising customer expectations have become a rule of thumb to adapt to in almost every industry, and banking and financial services. Banks and financial institutions need to be digitally transformed to deliver a consistent banking experience, whether online or in retail. In a study by The Financial

FIS Helps Small and Mid-Sized Financial Institutions Digitally Transform Through New Embedded Finance Capabilities in Partnership with Treasury Prime

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New FIS embedded finance offering is developed in partnership with Treasury Prime using application programming interfaces (APIs) that make it easier for financial institutions to offer enhanced digital banking capabilities. Embedded finance services are easily scalable and create new revenue streams for small and mid-sized banks and fintechs by delivering solutions such as digital deposits,

Equity Group Returns to Growth

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As the global economy continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, Equity Group has eased its defensive strategy that had been deployed during the economic uncertainty and returned to its growth strategy. The defensive strategy involved internally generated cash being retained, while forgoing dividend payouts for two consecutive years to build capital buffers. This

Entersekt Partners with Capitec Bank to boost Security and Reduce Friction for E-commerce Transactions

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Entersekt integrates NuData Security’s behavioural analytics intelligence into its EMV 3-D Secure solution to provide Capitec customers with real-time risk-based authentication for online purchases Entersekt, a global leader in device identity and authentication solutions, today announced that Capitec Bank has implemented its innovative EMV 3-D Secure solution that boosts the security of e-commerce payments, while

FutureBank: Smart Partnership Experiences will Define which Banks Survive and Thrive

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By Sergio Barbosa, CIO of enterprise software development house, Global Kinetic, and CEO of its open banking platform, FutureBank. Like the telecommunications companies, global banks are in a race to ensure they don’t become a dumb utility, leaving the more agile fintechs to capture an increasing share of their digital-forward customers. However, while some banks

Capitec Bank Selects nCino to Drive Digital Business Banking Innovation

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South African bank’s adoption of nCino expands the company’s reach to five continents nCino, Inc., a pioneer in cloud banking and digital transformation solutions for the global financial services industry, today announced that Capitec Bank (Capitec; JSE: CPI), South Africa’s largest and fastest-growing digital bank has partnered with nCino. nCino is assisting with building the

New Digital Collections Platform to Spur Growth for Kenyan Businesses

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UBA Kenya and Cellulant Kenya launch payments gateway to accelerate adoption of cashless payments The volume of global cashless transactions is set to grow by more than 80% between 2020 and 2025 according to the Payments 2025 & Beyond Report by PWC. In recent years, individuals and businesses alike have adopted digital payments reshaping the

Kenya Bankers Association: Bankers, Payments Firms and Retailers in Drive to Reduce Consumer Exposure to Fraudsters

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Consumer education will play a central role in addressing emerging security challenges. During the launch of the Kaa Chonjo! (Be Alert!) card, mobile and online safety awareness campaign, players in the financial, payments and retail sectors highlighted the importance of continuing to empower the public with information on fraud prevention. In his remarks, Kenya Bankers

Entersekt: AI in Payments – it’s Safer for Everyone When Machines Know Us Best

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The competitive advantage in modern business relies more and more on the customer experience. With the availability of technologies such as AI, data has become the most valuable asset. AI is turning our online behaviour, and even our common mistakes and typing quirks, into an effective way to keep us safe while making our user

Tailored Payment Solutions Unlock Growth for Unserved Segments in South Africa

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By Barry Williams, Sales & Marketing Head and Clinton Leask, Business Development Lead at Pay@ In 2017, only 35 percent of the African population had access to banking services and this figure was projected to increase to 48 percent in 2022.1 The South African National Payments System (NPS) is regarded as world-class,2 as the banked