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
Although latest cash withdrawal statistics released by Spark ATM Systems, indicate that the national average cash withdrawal values remained static during the month of May, ATM activity recorded at farming locations, however, revealed the highest month-to-month increase across all locations. The Spark Cash Index (SCI), which measures the average value of cash withdrawals across more
Cross-border cheques and bank drafts within the Common Monetary Area (CMA) are being phased out with effect from 22 July 2013 and will no longer be accepted by any banking institution within the CMA. The CMA includes Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. For Namibian clients it means that, as from the 22nd of July
Standard Bank South Africa has launched a rewards programme. From 10 June 2013, Standard Bank South Africa customers can join UCount Rewards, a programme offering rewards for using their Standard Bank personal debit, cheque or credit card. “Our customers are our greatest asset and through this programme, Standard Bank will reward customers in a way
Gemalto will supply the Government Printing Works (GPW) of South Africa with Sealys eID cards for their national identity card program. GPW will harness Gemalto’s secure embedded software to protect the holder’s image and biometric data within the secure identity e-document, delivering outstanding levels of integrity and privacy. Moreover, GPW selected the high-end Sealys document
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
The next generation App is the first Banking App in South Africa that allows new and existing customers to open an account in real time, directly from the App. FNB has released a new Banking App customised for tablet devices, complimenting a much larger tablet device strategy for the Bank. From today, the App is available
