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Banks on Huawei’s App Gallery in 2023

Banks are fast reaching their target audience the right way, directly on their devices. It’s almost twelve years ago that Huawei launched what is…

Nedbank PayShap, hot air, or viable payment solution?

Nedbank recently launched PayShap, a rapid payment system with a bold pricing strategy designed to drive widespread adoption. Smooth intro for Nedbank for their…

Four things banks should let go of in 2022

In 2008, Steve Jobs pulled a CD-less MacBook Air out of a brown paper bag signaling the beginning of the end for CD’s. This…

Shyft your forex experience with Standard Bank’s award-winning app [Sponsored]

Purchasing and exchanging foreign currency is often a costly, time-consuming, and admin-filled affair. To remedy this, Standard Bank developed the disruptive Shyft app in…

Standard Bank launches EasyScan mobile payments for Pick n Pay shoppers

Standard Bank and Pick n Pay have announced EasyScan, a new service that lets PnP customers pay for their shopping using the bank’s app….

Standard Bank launches Unayo mobile money platform

Standard Bank has launched Unayo, a mobile money platform that offers banking solutions to phone users on the African continent. The platform is a…

Latest Standard Bank data shows customers are more willing to engage digitally [Sponsored]

The latest engagement statistics for Standard Bank’s Mobile Banking App show that customers are becoming increasingly more comfortable engaging digitally for more than just…

The importance of being alert to cybercrime [Sponsored]

As technology keeps advancing in the banking industry, people have become more exposed to cybercrime. “Fraudsters use websites or emails to trick you into…

Standard Bank services down? Bank launches service status page

Standard Bank customers can now check what banking systems are functioning or down thanks to a new status page. The bank announced the new…

Standard Bank customers embrace digital insurance solutions [Sponsored]

A key theme of the last year has been the accelerated adoption of digital products by consumers. COVID-19 changed the way we interact with…

The evolution of payments: Where small businesses can succeed [Sponsored]

With the introduction of level 1 lockdown restrictions, many small businesses will be eyeing a return to some sort of operational normality. But with…

Standard Bank trends as customers’ transactions deducted twice

Standard Bank trended on social media as angry customers noticed their card transactions being deducted twice from their accounts. The issue emerged on Wednesday…

You can now buy smartphones through Standard Bank Mobile

Standard Bank Mobile, the mobile network offered by the eponymous bank, is now offering consumers smartphones in addition to mobile packages. The latest offering…

Standard Bank Mobile is South Africa’s latest (virtual) network

South Africa has a new (virtual) mobile network operator in Standard Bank. The financial services provider today confirmed that it will ply its trade…

Huawei Pay set to launch in South Africa later this year

Hold onto your credit cards, folks. If all goes to plan, Huawei Pay will be coming to South Africa in the second half of…

Explaining Feenix: the Standard Bank-backed solution to #FeesMustFall

There’s been a lot said about #FeesMustFall — at least in terms of the hashtag and the social movement it propelled. But in its…

Root is Standard Bank, OfferZen’s new ‘programmable’ bank account

Developer job platform OfferZen has teamed up with Standard Bank to introduce Root — a “programmable” bank account for software developers. Root features full…

Standard Bank’s horrible Monday continues on Twitter

Standard Bank has endured a rather torrid week already, having revealed that it was the victim of a R300-million credit card scam in Japan….

Standard Bank hit by R300m credit card fraud in Japan

Standard Bank has revealed that it was the victim of a “sophisticated, coordinated fraud incident” in Japan. Criminals withdrew cash from various ATMs in Japan, using fraudulent credit…

Vumatel gets big backing, to spend R3bn on home fibre

Vumatel is one of the most prominent players in South Africa’s fibre internet market. Now, it’s received some significant financial muscle courtesy of a deal…

Standard Bank debuts South Africa’s first Biometric Banking App feature

Standard bank has launched South Africa’s first Biometric mobile banking solution for clients. The new feature enables you to sign into the bank’s app…

Absa launches its app, becoming the last big South African bank to do so

Absa has officially launched its smartphone banking app, making it the last of South Africa’s major banks with such an offering. The app, which…

Samsung, Standard Bank team up for exclusive tablet app play

Samsung, Standard Bank and Microsoft have teamed up to give the bank’s customers the first option on the electronic giant’s new Windows 8 Ativ…

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