South African-born and Silicon Valley-based global customer engagement company, Clickatell, has made three new appointments to its board as it enters its next phase of growth and global expansion. Michael Jordaan, financial services expert, venture capitalist and serial entrepreneur, joins…
Michael Jordaan, the former CEO of South African bank First National Bank (FNB), announced via Twitter on Tuesday 16 January 2017 that he is backing Bank Zero, a new digital only bank. The bank, which will be 45% black-owned, has…
It is that time of year again, when the technology seers and trendspotters start pontificating on what they believe will be the transformative or shape-shifting technologies for the year ahead. Bluegrass Digital strives to keep a finger on the proverbial…
South African bank FNB recently announced that CEO Michael Jordaan would step down as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and take up the position of Chairman at social media platform Mxit. ITNewsAfrica spoke to Jordaan about his tenure at FNB and what exactly…
South Africa’s home-grown instant messaging service, Mxit, may have been supplanted by Facebook as the country’s biggest social network, but it has succeeded in maintaining the loyalty of its user base. This emerged from the final analysis of the SA Social…
Former CEO of FNB Michael Jordaan has been appointed as the chairman of popular chatting application and website Mxit. According to the company, Jordaan will not be receiving a monthly remuneration just yet, but will be issued shares in the company…
South Africa’s First National Bank (FNB) officially launched their Geo-payment system today, which will enable users to send and receive payments when in close proximity to other users. The system is app-to-app based, meaning that a payer and a receiver…
While many South African banking customers are taking advantage of the ease and convenience of internet banking to meet their basic banking requirements, most have yet to fully harness the potential of their online banking facilities. That is according to…
First National Bank (FNB) have sold over 30 000 Apple iPad 2 tablets since they first offered them to their customers in 2011. Michael Jordaan, FNB CEO, confirmed these numbers in an interview with IT News Africa. FNB customers were…