On 11 July this year, Absa Group became the first large corporate to embrace the .Africa domain by changing its website address to www.absa.africa. Launched just more than a year ago, the .Africa domain is widely promoted by the African Union, intended to...
Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced it will open an infrastructure region in South Africa in the first half of 2020. The new AWS Africa (Cape Town) Region will consist of three Availability Zones. Currently,...
On Thursday, 18 October Absa launched the “download your account” feature which allows new customers to open an account through the Absa Banking App. This innovation follows the launch of the ChatBanking on WhatsApp service and is another innovative way...
Absa recently rebranded when Barclays Africa Group Limited was renamed Absa Group Limited. This name change and rebrand marked the beginning of a new era for Absa as a standalone, uniquely African group. To celebrate this rebrand, Absa partnered with tech...
Barclays Africa Group Limited has officially been renamed Absa Group Limited and started trading under its new name and new share code (ABG) on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on Wednesday, 11 July 2018. The name change marks the start of a new era for the...
ABSA Bank Limited has been named silver sponsor of Internet of Things Forum Africa (#IOTFA2018), set to take place at Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa on 14 and 15 March 2018. IoT Forum Africa 2018 will feature tracks with speakers...
NGO Rhiza Babuyile together with the Barclays Africa Technology team, Experian SA and the Dutch Embassy unveiled the Orange Farm Buzz hub in Gauteng, South Africa. The second of its kind, the buzz hub hopes to equip Orange Farm residents with basic skills in...
October 15, 2016 •
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Lets take a look at the top 7 stories that had our readers glued this week. Nigeria: Etisalat launches mobile 4G LTE Nigerian mobile operator, Etisalat, has launched its mobile 4G Long Term Evolution (4G LTE) service. The Chief Executive Officer, Etisalat...
Absa has implemented a suite of CA Technologies solutions that enable the bank to see how customers use and consume mobile and digital services, in real-time, this is part of a top-to-bottom renovation of its 24-hour Operations Command Centre. It has also...
Absa has partnered with walletdoc in a bid to offer users a smart, secure and convenient way to pay bills such as monthly subscriptions and utilities. The payment solution notifies the user when bills arrive, sends reminders when bill payments are due and...
Absa has revealed that it has launched the Absa Masterpass App. According to the company, the App is a digital wallet powered by Mastercard. The app is set to enable South African consumers to make safe and easy payments wherever Masterpass is accepted....
Absa has partnered with MTN to offer free access to mobile and internet banking via Absa’s banking application and via Absa.mobi for all MTN customers. According to the company, customers who don’t have data or airtime will be able to access digital...
Absa has partnered with Planet Payment and CyberSource in order to implement the global payment gateway platform “Shop in Your Currency” in South Africa. According to Cowyk Fox, Managing Executive, Absa Card: “When we initially partnered with...
Specialist online marketing research agency Columinate yesterday released its third annual ‘Internet Banking SITEisfaction in South Africa’ survey. Launched in 2012, the survey is a measure of customer satisfaction with online banking services in South...
Telkom SA today announced that it has signed a collaboration agreement with Absa and is now an official partner of the programme. The partnership sees Telkom offering Absa customers greater value and rewards when subscribing to Telkom flagship Simple and...
MTN and Absa have formulated a task team that will keep a close eye on fraud and bring about new ways to rapidly clamp down on it. This follows an urgent meeting where executives from Absa and MTN discussed the spate of Sim Swap fraud cases. “Protecting our...
