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March 2, 2018 •
Online & Social, Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on Top Google trends this week
Politics once again played a major role in South Africa’s Google searches this week, thanks largely to the announcement of Cyril Ramaphosa’s reshuffled cabinet. In the wake of the announcement, people scrambled to find out more about the people...
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February 13, 2018 •
East Africa, General, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on Innovation and consolidation to drive African tech deals
The global head of TMT for African bank, Standard Bank, is predicting continuing deal flow and increasing investment in Africa’s flourishing telecom, media and technology sector in 2018, against a backdrop of improving economic growth and increasingly...
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February 7, 2018 •
Finance, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Cashless access to China for Africans through Standard Bank and UnionPay International
On Monday 5 February 2018 Standard Bank and UnionPay International announced that the companies have entered into a partnership which will see the bank accept UnionPay cards in multiple African markets. The companies believe that the dual development is set...
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July 7, 2017 •
Finance, Mobile and Telecoms, Online & Social, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Standard Bank Announces Data Free Mobile Banking
Standard Bank, announced today that they have dropped their data charges on their mobile banking app. This means that Standard Bank customers will no longer be charged for data, no matter what network they are on, when using the Standard Bank app. This...
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January 20, 2017 •
Finance, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on Standard bank introduces Shyft, a foreign exchange app
Standard Bank has introduced Shyft, a platform that enables customers personal foreign exchange transactions from their mobile devices. The global wallet is now available on Android and Apple stores. Customers are able to buy and store 4 currencies at a time...
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December 12, 2016 •
Finance, Online & Social, Retail, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on Standard Bank acquires Firepay, the team behind SnapScan
Standard Bank has acquired a majority stake in Firepay – the team behind mobile payments product, SnapScan. Firepay was formed in 2013 to apply new mobile payments technology to build innovative products. In 2014 Firepay, in partnership with Standard...
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September 28, 2016 •
Finance, Mobile and Telecoms, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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Standard Bank launched a first-of-its kind smartphone and tablet game-like animated banking app for children. The Standard Bank Kidz Banking App is available initially only to Android users, it is designed primarily for kids between the ages of 6 and 11, and...
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September 23, 2016 •
Finance •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on Plastic money and cash will soon lose popularity : Wendy Pienaar
More consumers are seeking online solutions, with over 460 million financial transactions processed by Standard Bank on mobile devices between July 2015 and July 2016. Of these, 23 million transactions refer to value transactions amounting to R92 billion, a...
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June 17, 2016 •
East Africa, Finance, North Africa, Opinion, Southern Africa, Top Stories, West Africa •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on Using digital evolution as a means to unlock Africa’s economic potential
Africa’s digital economy is slowly evolving, showing huge potential for the continents transformation towards a cashless society. Whilst the progress has been slow, African countries share some of the world’s highest speeds of digital growth. Electronic...
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November 27, 2015 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on WeChat introduces digital wallet service in South Africa
At an exclusive event, which was held in Johannesburg South Africa, WeChat revealed that it has extended its features with the introduction of a digital wallet service. According to the company, like a physical wallet, you can securely store your bank cards...
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August 3, 2015 •
Online & Social, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on South Africa: Standard Bank downed by technical glitch
Standard Bank, a bank based in South South Africa, has issued a statement which revealed that the financial institution is currently experiencing slow responses on some of its banking platforms. According to the statement issued by the bank, “customers...
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April 16, 2015 •
Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on Standard Bank unveils multiple incubators for entrepreneurs
Standard Bank launched two incubators on the 16 April 2015 with the aim to educate, create, empower and develop entrepreneurs. According to the company the new incubators are Standard Bank-owned brick-and-mortar facilities where entrepreneurs can test,...
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October 17, 2014 •
Company News, Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on IBM’s Watson technology moving into banking
Standard Bank is set to become the first financial institution on the African continent to implement IBM’s new Watson technology which breaks traditional barriers in computing by embracing artificial intelligence, natural language processing and dynamic...
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July 18, 2014 •
Video •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on Video: Mastercard hits SA shores with MasterPass
IT News Africa has the pleasure of speaking to Aaron Oliver, Head of Emerging Payments, Middle East and Africa in order to find out more about the MasterPass app...
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July 17, 2014 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on MasterCard launches MasterPass in South Africa
According to MasterCard, MasterPass enables consumers to make convenient, simple, fast and secure digital payments. Digital wallets accessible through the MasterPass acceptance network allow consumers to store all their MasterCard or other branded credit,...
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May 21, 2014 •
Online & Social, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
IT News Africa •
Comments Off on Standard Bank launches game-changing payment app
Standard Bank today announced the launch of their mobile payment app, SnapScan. This is the bank’s first mobile payment offering that allows merchants to receive payments from their customers through a combination of a QR code and a secure PIN number....
