SWIFT Broadens Access with New Public Cloud Connectivity through Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure

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Streamlines access to financial messaging service while ensuring resiliency and security Public cloud has potential to unlock significant benefits while lowering costs SWIFT has announced that it will enable financial institutions to connect to its network and applications through public cloud providers Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft – a move that will streamline

Firstbank wins Best Bank in Nigeria and Best Bank in Digital Transformation Nigeria 2022

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Nigeria’s premier banking institution and leading financial services inclusion services provider, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has won two awards: Best Bank in Nigeria 2022 and Best Banking Digital Transformation Nigeria at the International Investor Awards 2022, a print and online publication that provides insights, news and visual informative pieces with topics ranging from world

Standard Chartered Bank Reports a Record First Quarter Performance in the Africa, Middle East region

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Income grew 11 per cent on a constant currency basis Standard Chartered (www.SC.com) PLC (the Group) has released its financial results for the first quarter, ending 31 March, 2022. The Group delivered a strong performance in the first quarter of 2022 in volatile and challenging market conditions, with underlying profit before tax increasing 5 per

Network International Reports Strong Start to 2022 with Q1 Revenue Up 33% Year on Year

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The company, which operates across Africa and the Middle East, has seen strong underlying growth in payment transactions which has supported Issuer Solutions growth alongside new customer signings; Figures include growth for DPO Group, acquired by Network International (www.Network.ae) in 2021, which saw a large number of key merchant wins and signed an agreement with

Divestiture of Standard Chartered Bank Group’s Interest in Zimbabwe

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The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (the Bank) wishes to advise the public that, Standard Chartered Bank Zimbabwe Limited has formally advised that the Standard Chartered Bank Group has made a decision to divest of its business interest in Zimbabwe. Standard Chartered Bank Zimbabwe Limited has advised that the divestiture from some countries in the Middle

BankservAfrica enhances its Cash Service with Intix

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BankservAfrica’s Integrated Cash Management System (ICMS) Team introduced an automated transactions monitoring system in March 2022 that will take customer services to the next level. BankservAfrica has partnered with Intix, a global company providing state-of-the-art technology solutions for institutions to gain a full view of financial transactions across data sources and data formats. The BankservAfrica

DPO Group enables USSD Payment Option in Nigeria

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Leading African digital payments company DPO Group has added a new form of payment that will allow merchants to get paid by their customers via a USSD code. This new feature allows merchants to receive payments from customers who don’t have access to mobile banking or a payment card. Paired with DPO’s robust and scalable

Ukheshe Technologies Leading the race to Perfect Chat Commerce

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Chat commerce is undoubtedly the way of the future, according to Pieter de Wet, President Business Development: International Markets at leading pan-African fintech enablement partner Ukheshe Technologies. “Ukheshe’s own Eclipse Chat Commerce solution offers everything a business needs – not only now, but also as an organisation grows.” Consumers are making a rapidly increasing portion

Stanbic IBTC Urges SMEs to Digitise Products and Services

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Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, a member of Standard Bank Group, has urged small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria to digitise their products and services to drive business efficiency. The call was made during the 2022 Enterprise Banking webinar organised by Stanbic IBTC, Themed ‘Your Business, Our Business: Accelerating Business Growth’, the webinar featured

Cellulant Recognised as the Best Digital Payment Solutions Provider in Africa at the World Business Outlook Awards 2022

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Cellulant and its One-Stop Shop Payments Platform, Tingg, have been recognised as leading payments brands in Africa, providing online and offline payments solutions to businesses, banks and consumers Leading Pan-African Payments Company Cellulant (Cellulant.io) and it’s all-in-one Payments gateway Tingg (Tingg.Africa), have won 4 awards in the just-concluded World Business Outlook Awards; Leading Digital Payment