Absa Group said on Thursday that it is launching a skills incubator in partnership with Amazon Web Services to train employees in cloud computing skills.
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Apple Pay has finally been launched in South Africa. Customers from Nedbank, Absa and Discovery Bank were on Tuesday morning able to load their bank cards into their Apple wallets.
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Standard Bank said on Thursday that system problems have caused some its customers to have card transactions deducted from their accounts more than once.
First National Bank has launched its Virtual Card offering to all customers after a period of beta testing. The bank believes this will make both online and physical payments significantly safer and more convenient.
Barry Hore, the technologist who has led Discovery Bank since its inception, is stepping down. Long-serving Discovery executive Hylton Kallner will replace him on 1 January.
An Absa employee accused of leaking some of the bank’s South African customer data to third parties provided the information, which included credit card numbers, to several third parties in return for payment.
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Capitec has launched QR payments in its app, allowing clients to scan barcodes to make payments at the point of sale or online, including where merchants use Zapper or SnapScan.
The South African Reserve Bank has announced that cheques will not be supported by the country’s national payment system from 1 January.