Standard Bank has taken the wraps off Standard Bank Mobile, its new virtual mobile network operator, which will piggyback off the Cell C network.
Browsing: Standard Bank
While Vodacom and MTN appear to be allergic to mobile virtual network operators, Cell C is proving it’s possible to build a significant business from them.
Standard Bank and AVI have announced they will list on new South African stock exchange A2X.
Mobile virtual network operators that piggyback on Cell C’s network will also get to take advantage of the cellular provider’s 4G/LTE roaming agreement with MTN South Africa.
In the TalkCentral podcast this week, Vodacom and Rain’s roaming deal, Standard Bank’s MVNO, the Internet Service Providers’ Association’s demands, Huawei’s Mate 20 Pro and Adobe Creative Cloud 2019.
Standard Bank has finally confirmed one of the telecommunications industry’s worst-kept secrets: it will launch a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), becoming the second major bank in South Africa to do so.
South African banks are reporting phenomenal growth in the use of banking apps despite the country’s finite banked population, stagnant levels of smartphone penetration and relatively low levels of financial literacy.
After coming out all guns blazing, Nigeria’s central bank has surrendered more ground in its tussle with MTN Group by giving a reprieve to one of the banks accused of illegally moving $8.1-billion out of the country.
Standard Bank Group has withdrawn a cautionary announcement to shareholders related to demands placed on it by Nigeria’s central bank over the alleged illegal repatriation of $8.1-billion in funds by MTN Group.
Samsung’s tap-and-go payments platform, Samsung Pay, is now live in a trial phase for Standard Bank customers. This follows the soft-launch of the service earlier this month with Absa.