Four Award Wins for Standard Bank at the 2022 Private Banker International Global Wealth Awards

Standard Bank, Africa’s largest financial services organisation by assets, is honoured to have received a series of awards and special mentions at the 32nd annual Private Banker International (PBI) Global Wealth Awards 2022. This year, Standard Bank Wealth & Investment took the top spots in the following categories: Outstanding Global Private Bank: Africa Outstanding Wealth

Bank of Nambia Warns of 419 Scams Targeting Public Figures

The Bank of Namibia has noted with concern an increasing number of scammers seeking unsolicited financial assistance from Namibians to finance the country’s developmental agenda targeting senior public figures including politicians and civil servants. These scams are known as ‘419 scams’, popularly known to trick victims into paying a certain amount of money to fraudsters

Sage Brings Award-Winning Sage Intacct to Namibia, Botswana and Mauritius

Supporting visionary CFOs and finance professionals with a new cloud financial management platform  Sage (https://www.Sage.com/en-za/), the leader in accounting, financial, HR, and payroll technology for small and medium-sized businesses, launched Sage Intacct in Namibia, Botswana and Mauritius today. The award-winning cloud financial management solution provides finance teams with the insights and automation they need to

Traderoot Africa and Oracle Collaborate to Enable TCIB Payment Solution for SADC Financial Services Providers

Traderoot Africa and Oracle Financial Services have created an exciting and unique collaboration in which Traderoot Africa’s Certified TCIB Integration ISO e-Bus and the Oracle Banking Payments TCIB payment processor have been integrated to offer an end to end industry-grade TCIB payments solution. Financial inclusion of the underbanked and unbanked population is subject to the availability of suitable

Keep Customer Promises to Ensure Success

Ukheshe appoints Lee Ziervogel as COO In today’s fast-paced, wealth-driven world where customer service often ends at the point of sale, true business success requires solid, customer-centric ethics. This is the belief of Lee Ziervogel, the newly appointed Chief Operating Officer at fintech enablement company Ukheshe. “This is especially important for a fintech company like

Fintech and Crypto Success is Making it Harder for the Rest in Tech

South Africa is haemorrhaging vital tech skills to global companies, in some instances hobbling companies in the IT sector. This is being made worse by skills-hungry fintechs and crypto startups which have the VC funding to attract the scarce skills they need, over and above the pandemic, and the resulting normalisation of work-from-home, that has

Bank of Namibia to Apply to the High Court for the Liquidation of Trustco Bank Namibia

It has come to the attention of the Bank of Namibia (BON) that Trustco Group Holdings Ltd (TGH) has issued a media release claiming, amongst other things, that the Bank of Namibia denied an offer by (TGH) to capitalise Trustco Bank Namibia Ltd (TBN) by an amount of N$1.0 billion. Further reference is made to

How Behavioural Biometrics Can Protect Organisations and Their Customers Against Fraud

The rapid rise in digitisation, self-service onboarding and faster payments has left many banks, financial institutions and their customers at risk from fraudsters and cybercriminals. While many fraud- and risk-management measures severely hamper customer experience, MoData’s AI-driven Behavioural Biometrics platform ensures that the customer experience remains seamless while delivering advanced fraud protection. It does this

Shoprite Provides Affordable Financing Options to its Suppliers, Including SMMEs

The Shoprite Group now helps its suppliers with access to funding at the most affordable rates with the launch of a new supply chain finance product. The CredX finance product, which is often cheaper than bank financing, is available to all of the Group’s suppliers and is expected to assist especially SMMEs, for whom cash flow constraints and access

Ukheshe and Digital PayGo Drive Zambian Business Growth Through the SME in-a-box Merchant Solution

Ukheshe’s SME in-a-box solution is making tangible changes to the lives of millions in Zambia through a partnership with Digital PayGo, improving financial inclusion and enhancing business dealings for entrepreneurs. Digital PayGo, a local Zambian fintech driving a mobile-first approach, enhancing the digital payment space for SMEs, is the first partner to utilise Ukheshe’s SME