Aida Diarra, Senior Vice President and Group Country Manager for Visa Sub Saharan Africa explains what fundamentals are missing in African SMEs - and what they can do about it. FULL STORY >

Lance Fanaroff, a Director at iiDENTIFii, explains why biometrics is essential to banks if they wish to come out ahead of cyber attacks and handle the rise of digital transformation. FULL STORY >

Crowdsourced innovation management plays a vital role in financial services firms of the future, asserts Steve Lauter, Head Banking (Africa) at Wipro Limited. FULL STORY >

Winter is coming for established financial service providers, but those prepared can spring ahead spring. This was the message from CEO and founder of T-Labs, Amin Toufani, at the SingularityU Exponential Finance... FULL STORY >

A new report from Deloitte has revealed that South Africans are not only open to using automated financial advice, they are even prepared to pay for it. FULL STORY >

If there is one industry that has been caught in the digital transformation siren’s call, it has been financial services. TechSmart’s Ryan Noik (RN) chats to Vuyo Mpako: Chief Digital &... FULL STORY >

Demand on the continent for geographically dispersed, less expensive and more efficient local and cross-border payments systems is accelerating development. Hannalie Marsh, General Manager of Wirecard South Africa, explains. FULL STORY >

Roger Hislop, Senior Engineer: R&D, Internet Solutions explains how better resourcing, reduced waste and managed risk can be achieved through the Internet of Things. FULL STORY >

Financial institutions need to pay attention to how they work with data, and how leveraging the cloud can help them keep pace with other industries. Ron Raffensperger, CTO for Data Centre Solutions at Huawei Enterprise, explains. FULL STORY >

Written in conjunction with Hippo.co.za. FULL STORY >

Darrel Orsmond, Financial Services Industry head at SAP Africa, looks at how a recent data privacy scandal could effect the GDPR countdown and consumer trust. FULL STORY >

There is still some work to be done to get more girls interested in pursuing careers in the technology field and to enable women to climb the ladder into leadership positions. Maubate Kekana, Head... FULL STORY >

Applications open to find Africa’s most innovative Start-ups meeting the greatest financial inclusion challenges. FULL STORY >

With every click, swipe and tap big data is changing the playing field for the South African industries. This, the second of a three part series of articles, looks at how big data is changing the... FULL STORY >

Banks need to build new capabilities and adapt quickly to emerging opportunities, threats, according to Darrel Orsmond, Financial Services Industry head at SAP Africa. FULL STORY >