Von Zeuner Resigns from Absa Boards

Absa Bank Limited and Absa Financial Services Limited, subsidiaries of Barclays Africa Group Limited, announced that Louis von Zeuner has resigned from the boards of Absa Bank and Absa Financial Services, with effect from the end of September 2013. Von Zeuner relinquished his full-time executive role as Deputy Chief Executive of Absa Group in December

Profile Pics for Banking App First for SA

A little more than six months after the launch of its popular banking application for smartphones and tablet devices, financial services group Absa has added a first-to-market feature on its App with the ability to assign profile images for beneficiaries. The bank also revealed a number of unique and improved features to its App that

South Africa’s Banking Rewards Programs: A Comparison

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.

ABSA Unveils ‘Futuristic Branch’

Imagine a branch where long queues are a thing of the past, even during traditionally busy periods, where innovation not only drives convenience, but also has tremendous environmental benefits; and technological advances support a safe and convenient 24-hour banking experience. Such features are set to become the new standard in South African banking halls with

Absa Pilots Mobile Point-of-Sale Innovation

Barclays subsidiary, Absa has announced that its Payment Pebble, a mobile point-of-sale (MPOS) innovation, which aims to fundamentally transform the payment acceptance industry, is gearing up to enter its pilot phase. The Payment Pebble is a small portable device which plugs into smartphones or tablets and enables small and medium scale enterprises to accept payments

ABSA Launches Mobile Rewards Programme

Financial services Group Absa announced that South Africans on its Rewards programme can now instantly redeem their cash rewards on the mobile banking platform, Absa.mobi. Through the Absa.mobi site, Absa Rewards members will not only be the first in South Africa to instantly redeem their cash rewards on cellphone banking, they can also view their

SIM Swap Fraud Growing in South Africa

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

ABSA Launches Multi-Currency Prepaid Travel Card

Absa Bank, a subsidiary of Barclays has launched Multi-Currency Cash Passport – South Africa’s first reloadable prepaid travel Multi-Currency Card. The card allows cardholders to load multiple currencies on the same card. Cardholders can currently load up to four currencies on the easy-to-use card: US dollar, British Pounds, Euro and the Australian Dollars. More currencies

Absa Launches App for Retail and Business Customers

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Financial Services Group Absa Bank has launched its much-anticipated App as part of its strategic digital journey, which forms part of its ambition of becoming the Go-To bank in South Africa. The App builds on a strong foundation of infrastructure developments while leveraging shared global resources to deliver value to customers. The technological capability built