SIM Swap Fraud is a term that has been doing the rounds in the South African media lately. It is a new style of cell phone banking fraud which uses a combination of your bank details and phone number to withdraw money from your bank account without your permission or knowledge. SIM Swap Fraud generally
Guaranty Trust Bank plc was conferred with the 2013 African Bank of the Year Award by the African Banker Magazine at a well attended ceremony on May 29th, 2013 in Marrakech, Morocco. The African Banker Award recognizes financial institutions across the continent that have emerged as industry leaders and continent trend setters, due to good
Standard Chartered Kenya has announced a pre-tax profit of KShs 2.7 billion for the period ended 31 March 2013. Total income remained flat at KShs 5.4 billion with loans and advances up by 22% to KShs 117.3 billion. Financial Highlights: • Net interest income grew by 2% to KShs 3.7 billion driven by strong growth
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, CON, has been conferred with the 2013 Africa “Central Bank Governor of the Year” Award by the renowned IC Publications Group, in collaboration with Business in Africa Events, at Marrakech, Morocco. The Central Bank Governor’s Award, which is the third for Sanusi
Capitec Bank has issued a statement to say that they do not agree with the comments in the Business Times article by Thekiso Lefifi titled ‘Capitec bubble about to burst?’. They claim it created an incorrect perception of the way the bank does business. They say there are factual errors in the comments which are misleading
The African Banker Awards, which will be held on the 29th of May in Morocco, has released their short-list of nominees for 2013. The African Banker Awards has the African Development Bank Group as its official patron and is sponsored by various organisations including MasterCard, BGFI Bank, Banque Atlantique, Nedbank and Ecobank. The African Banker Awards
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, CON, says the Bank remains committed to realizing the vision of providing Nigeria with a secure, robust and accessible payment infrastructure. Mallam Sanusi disclosed this recently in a keynote address to the CBN/Gartner event held at the Protea Hotel Oakwood Park, Lekki, Lagos.
At a function held at the Bank of Mauritius Tower, the Bank of Mauritius (the Bank) granted a new banking licence to Barclays Bank Mauritius Limited, a locally incorporated wholly owned subsidiary of Barclays Bank PLC, UK. Barclays Bank PLC, UK is currently conducting its banking activities in Mauritius through its branch, the Barclays Bank
Visa in Kenya announced the launch of Visa Personal Payments (VPP) in collaboration with Equity Bank, East Africa’s largest commercial bank by customer base. Visa Personal Payments is a convenient, cost-effective and secure way for consumers to send funds directly to recipients with Visa cards, both domestically and internationally. Equity Bank is the first bank
The CNP Expo is an annual event which addresses the challenges around card not present payments and is a meeting place for merchants, banks, processors, anti-fraud software providers, legal experts, alternative payment providers, card networks and others to learn how to leverage CNP payments in an increasingly multi-channel retail sales environment. At this year’s Expo, held in
