The ATM Industry Association announced that survivor extraordinaire, Brett Archibald, who was rescued after over 28 hours lost at sea without a lifejacket, will be keynote speaker at the association’s conference in October at the Cape Town waterfront. In April this year, Archibald fell overboard off a charter boat in the Mentawai Straits in the
Xchanging, the business process, procurement and technology services provider, has announced it has won a new contract with Standard Bank. The contract will see Xchanging supplying financial processing services to one of Africa’s largest financial services groups, initially for one year. Xchanging was selected for its expertise in working with major banks to deliver complex
Transaction Capital today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary Paycorp to pan-emerging market private equity firm Actis. Paycorp, owned by Transaction Capital since 2006, is South Africa’s largest independent owner and operator of off-site ATMs and a deployer of Visa-certified pre-paid debit cards. Actis will acquire the
A major storm looks set to rock the South African online scene as some of the country’s largest e-commerce players square up against its biggest banking powers over online fraud detection. The heads of companies including Groupon South Africa, Takealot and uAfrica have formed an alliance expressing opposition to a new regulation which forces them
On Sunday 21 July, the SADC (South African Development Community) Integrated Regional Electronic Settlement System (SIRESS) was successfully implemented in a live environment for the four countries of the Common Monetary Area: South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland. All participants in Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa successfully participated in the implementation activities on Sunday 21 July
In recent ThinkMoney research, Capitec, FNB and Nedbank were revealed as the leading consumer bank accounts in South Africa. This was according to nearly 7 000 bank account reviews written by ThinkMoney users, who voted Capitec, FNB and Nedbank accounts as the most popular, both in terms of the number of reviews and a high
South African banks are now all in full swing with their respective loyalty or rewards programs. In a highly competitive banking environment, where the large South African banks are doing whatever they can to attract customers across all LSM’s, rewards programs can be used to ensure that existing customers are not tempted to switch banks.
The South African eCommerce Conference will be held on 11 September 2013 at the Sandton Convention Centre and promises to be an educational and inspiring event focussing on all aspects of eCommerce in relation to the local market. uAfrica.com has secured a phenomenal line up of speakers from the likes of Google, Bidorbuy, Mxit, Aramex,
FNB’s online banking platform has once again walked away with top honours in the 13th edition of the PwC survey on banking in South Africa 2013. This follows on the previous PwC survey in 2011, where FNB was also awarded first place. “The banking industry is dynamic and has evolved significantly since our last survey
The latest MasterCard Online Shopping Survey has revealed that a substantial 91% of South Africans who shop online are highly satisfied with their overall experience, a 4% increase from the 87% who said the same thing in the 2012 survey. A further indication of South Africans’ positive sentiment for online shopping is that 76% of
