12/21/2020
Significantly for Africa, this momentous event marked the start of discussions between Singapore’s central bank MAS and the Bank of Ghana, the Western Africa country’s central bank
12/21/2020
To improve convenience and provide 24x7 contactless operations, customers can now complete loan service requests through smart watches, fitness trackers and WhatsApp-based Chatbots.
12/20/2020
Coupled with the fact that such technologies are rarely fully formed when first introduced to a marketplace, it can be exceptionally time consuming for new entrants to the industry to secure approval from the relevant regulators.
12/18/2020
Upon completion, CBA will retain a 45% shareholding in the combined business, with existing Lendi shareholders holding the remaining 55% shareholding.
12/17/2020
This adds to other cables serving Kenya such as Seacom, East African Marine System (Teams), Eastern African Submarine Cable System (EASsy) and Lion2 systems.
12/17/2020
This strategic partnership follows a recent announcement by Rely to expand its services in Singapore, Malaysia and South Korea after securing capital from Goldbell Financial Services to process up to S$100 million in Buy Now Pay Later transactions.
12/16/2020
In light of more and more Chinese technology giants choosing Hong Kong as the secondary listing place, Hang Seng TECH Index was launched on 27 July 2020 to track the 30 largest technology companies listed in Hong Kong.
12/16/2020
The amalgamation, agreed by an industry committee representing all stakeholders, will aim to address current inefficiencies in the system, by creating a NewCo that provides multi-service infrastructure, broad capability, low cost of acceptance and a unifi
12/16/2020
EMTECH's technology aims to give banks an "action-ready toolset for new and inclusive monetary policy, and the guardrails for efficient transfer of an estimated $90 trillion in cash payments," per the release.
12/16/2020
In South Africa, the government granted temporary emergency wireless spectrum to operators to allow them to add network capacity and implement upgrades to deal with the crisis and manage for the increased demand.