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A new study conducted by research firm Ipsos shows that only 22% of South African Internet users have made purchases online, but that 48% expect to do so in future. The research, conducted on behalf of PayPal and First National Bank, shows that e-commerce

First National Bank has brought cardless cash withdrawals to its smartphone banking application, allowing the company’s clients to withdraw money at an ATM even if they are not carrying their bank card. Cardless cash withdrawals have been available

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ordered First National Bank to withdraw its “Steve” advertisements as they were harmful to children. “The potential harm in the current matter lies in the possibility that children

Brett Haggard and Andy Hadfield get together to talk about some big e-commerce deals, some start-up investment, some new gadgets and some leaky cloud services. Topics under discussion include the Kalahari, Takealot merger, First National Bank’s R3m donation to

The latest version of First National Bank’s transactional banking app for smartphones now offers customers the ability to send money across the border to Zimbabwe and Mozambique. FNB’s Zimbabwe money transfer service was first launched on

Standard Bank has apologised to its clients for technical glitches that lasted several hours on Monday. “The bank regrets any inconvenience caused,” Standard Bank chief executive in personal and business banking Funeka Montjane said

There’s a revolution under way, and this one’s not being agitated by the working class, although they certainly have their part to play. It is being waged by banks, cellphone providers and entrepreneurs hoping to capitalise on a mobile commercial market that is estimated will be worth more than US$800bn by 2016 and have more than 400m users

First National Bank is poised to become the first South African financial services institution to launch a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). The bank is at an advanced stage of discussions with Cell C to launch the MVNO, two independent sources with knowledge of the plans have told TechCentral. The news comes just a day after

First National Bank will no longer support Internet Explorer 8 (IE8), the Web browser introduced with Windows 7, from September. The bank told customers on Thursday it cannot be restricted by the limitations IE8 imposes on its online banking system. “It is our policy to support the three latest Internet Explorer

First National Bank has suspended “some online functionality” while it investigated duplicate transactions on some customers’ accounts. The bank says the suspension will be brief while it reversing affected customer accounts. “Limited functionality will be available on the following