Few people bother to read the lengthy legal documents when signing a new cellular contract, opening a bank account or signing up for a new e-mail address. They should.
Tech accelerator and incubator Founders Factory Africa has struck a deal with healthcare provider Netcare Group to provide a platform for entrepreneurs to build and scale health-tech start-ups in Africa.
First National Bank and Capitec have tied for the title of South Africa’s best digital bank in research agency Columinate | Insight Consulting’s latest SITEisfaction survey.
In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about the big announcements from Apple’s developer conference, including the new Mac Pro.
The country’s big four traditional banks – Absa, FNB, Nedbank and Standard Bank – have together shut 695 branches since their respective peaks in the earlier part of this decade.
Standard Bank has announced the full list of branches that have been or will be closed, as part of the realignment of “its retail and business banking delivery model”.
Weeks after announcing a comprehensive cloud computing deal with Amazon Web Services, Standard Bank said it has signed a strategic partnership with AWS rival Microsoft.
From free burgers and ride-hailing services to hip-hop concerts and discounted petrol: South African banks are going all out to win customers as competition hots up.
The decision by Standard Bank to close 91 branches and cut 1 200 jobs is not at all surprising – the only surprises were that the bank announced it publicly and that it did so before elections in May.
Standard Bank Group said on Wednesday that it has selected Amazon Web Services as its preferred cloud provider as it shifts various production workloads, including its customer-facing platforms, to the cloud.