Browsing: IMB

The continent is being hailed as a global cellphone banking and payments innovation hub, but it seems the sector will be coming under increasing regulatory scrutiny as the relationships between cellphone operators and banks are placed under the ­spotlight. A survey of players in the African

Cape Town-based start-up IMB’s tagline is “more than a bank”, and that’s because banking services are only a small part of what it offers. Its main focus is making payments, and particularly mobile payments, easier for consumers and merchants in a way it claims benefits