FNB Lesotho Appoints New CEO

The FNB Lesotho Board of Directors announced the appointment of Emil Heppell to the position of Chief Executive Officer of FNB Lesotho. Heppell succeeds Trevor Holtman who left the bank at the end of a four year secondment to pursue other opportunities within the group. Heppell’s qualifications and capabilities are highly regarded by the Board

South Africa Selects Gemalto for its National Electronic Identity Card Program

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

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