Investments made by banks to beef up their digital capabilities and offer clients cost-effective services appear to be paying off. Detailed figures disclosed in the financial results of four of the five largest banks in
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On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about Elon Musk’s plan to reduce planetary travel dramatically — and why did he call the rocket ship “BGR”? Also this week, thoughts on the
First National Bank has debuted the second generation of its own-branded smartphones. The ConeXis X2 and ConeXis A2 will be available for R69/month for the base model and R199/month for the premium model, and will be
Those who use First National Bank’s transactional banking app for smartphones will no longer use data when accessing services. From 1 July, the data the app uses will be zero-rated across all networks. “We believe that access to data or airtime
Renewing a vehicle licence disc can be tedious and time-consuming process. First National Bank is hoping to change that by allowing its clients to renew their licence disk using its smartphone banking application. But the convenience
First National Bank will increase the price of its Easy Bundle and Gold Unlimited accounts in July for the first time in five and three years respectively. The price of its Premier Bundle (cheque and credit card) remains
First National Bank’s transactional banking application for smartphones now supports augmented reality (AR) technology, the company said on Wednesday. The new app, which was launched on the Google
South Africa’s banks are going on the offensive after being criticised by some politicians over their lending practices and records in addressing racial inequality. Attacks on the lenders have been led by President Jacob Zuma, who’s accused them
Have we seen the peak of Internet banking in South Africa? Although the banks are tight-lipped about their usage numbers, I suspect that the number of customers using a desktop computer to do their banking
President Jacob Zuma said the dominance of the country’s four major banks must end and access to the economy for the black majority improved. “There’s a skewed kind of economic control,” Zuma said on Friday. “We actually frustrate our