Bank branches push digital adoption
FNB branches are playing a pivotal role in introducing customers to digital banking channels.
The bank reveals that, over the last year, its branches recorded the highest number of customers that migrated to the FNB...
How Social Media Is Influencing The World Of Sports?
The adoption of social media in the sports world has had a huge impact on the industry over the past 10 years. How clubs, sports stars, and fans interact with each other has seriously...
REGULATING global crypto-markets will push banks and financial institutions out of their ‘comfort zone’...
Key to the boom in popularity of crypto finance has been decentralisation and a move away from hard and fast legislation. But specialist Luka Gubo is pushing for unified regulation to remove barriers to trade...
Banks still in testing mode on blockchain: JP Nicols
By Ben Ng
In an article carried Tuesday, we outlined the views of JP Nicols, a prominent bank innovation consultation expert, on the future of banking industry in China and Hong Kong.
Now, in the second part of...
Digital innovation: Cloud banking’s perfect storm
Digital is more than an opportunity for banks, it’s about to become a way of life.
Bank customers expect it, particularly Gen-Z. Born between the mid-1990s to early 2000s, it now accounts for more than...
Will WhatsApp Payments disrupt the digital payments market?
Digital payments in India, already witnessing unprecedented activity since the government's surprise demonetisation announcement in 2016, is likely to take a great leap forward with the entry of WhatsApp Payments.
"Digital payments currently aggregate...
SBI, other banks using Artificial Intelligence big time to improve efficiency, cut costs
By PTI
Indian banks, including state-owned SBI and Bank of Baroda, have started deploying artificial intelligence (AI) in a big way to improve efficiency, detect human behaviour and reduce operational costs.
State Bank of India, the...
Digital banking fraud is at an all-time high in South Africa
Columinate has published its latest annual digital banking report, revealing the state of the current digital banking landscape in South Africa – including worrying new scam trends.
According to the group’s report – which is...
Business schools put accent on fintech and entrepreneurship
By Chris Davis
Business schools are focusing on financial technology, or fintech, and entrepreneurship to help MBA students apply new skills. This comes as fintech innovations continue to disrupt long-standing financial structures and change the way...
The Movers And Shakers Of The Crypto World
Cryptocurrency has changed the way people make online transactions by decentralizing the process, making it more secure, and providing anonymity to the traders. However, when Satoshi Nakamoto came up with the concept of Bitcoin...
