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Absa will make available an online banking application for smartphones either in the fourth quarter of 2012 or in the first quarter of 2013, Christo Vrey, the bank’s managing executive for digital channels, has revealed in an interview with TechCentral. “There is a chance for the fourth quarter

Absa’s online banking website was available only intermittently on Friday, with some users experiencing slow access and other users unable to access the service at all. This follows an interruption to services at the end of May which left many customers frustrated and saw the bank extend its clearing times

Standard Bank has become the latest SA bank to launch a mobile transactional banking app. The app appeared on Apple’s App Store for iOS devices on Tuesday. Moneyweb, a financial news website, reported on Wednesday that the app was in both the Apple and Google

Nedbank launched its mobile banking application, called the Nedbank App Suite, to its staff on Monday. The bank says it will be available to the public from the beginning of August. The app has taken two years to develop and is only the third in the

There’s a new personal financial management website in town and it’s upping the stakes in an increasingly competitive market by offering its service completely free of charge. Pastel My Money is free to all users, even if they’re not current Pastel customers. PFM tools have enjoyed prominence in SA in the

TalkCentral is back for another episode. This week, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Craig Wilson sit down to chat about a wide range of issues. We cover everything from Friday’s big Square Kilometre Array announcement to the battle between Cell C and Vodacom over tariffs. Also on the agenda this

Absa’s online and mobile portals went down on Friday, with the bank directing frustrated customers to its branches and ATMs. But it’s still keeping mum about what exactly went wrong on the busiest banking day of the month. The services were available intermittently early

Absa’s online banking portals went down on Friday morning, leaving users unable to access its existing Internet banking site or its new Absa Online platform that it launched on Tuesday. Absa’s mobile banking service was also affected. “Absa takes note of the technical problem with its Internet and

Absa on Tuesday released a beta version of its new online banking portal that includes the first steps into personal financial management software.
The widget-based layout is fully customisable and will become the default digital platform for its clients in months to come. Adrian Vermooten, Absa’s deputy

Absa says it is working on smartphone banking applications in the wake of the launch on Tuesday of its overhauled online banking platform. It says the new platform, which took two years to develop, is a necessary step to launching dedicated banking apps for mobile devices. Adrian Vermooten, Absa’s deputy managing