This article was originally published on the Finextra Blog here, written by Colin Fernandes – EMEA Product Marketing Director @ Sumo Logic. According to research by Finastra and Efma, banks saw digital transformation as their most pressing issue for the future. 81 percent listed the move to digital as their biggest priority for the next one to three [...]

MoData recently spoke to Kevin Holmes, Head of Trade Product Management at Standard Bank, to get some insight into the opportunities as well as the challenges around the practical implementation of the agreement. As Africa works towards negotiating and ratifying the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) next year, Standard Bank Head of Trade Product Management [...]

This article was originally published on the Accenture Banking Blog here, written by Alan McIntyre: Senior Managing Director – Banking @ Accenture. When our researchers were in the field for our annual Technology Vision survey, COVID-19 was not yet a global pandemic. Since then, the virus has transformed our lives and challenged many long-held assumptions about [...]

This article was originally published on the Cenfri website here, written by Vera Neugebauer @ Cenfri. According to the World Economic Forum, three emerging mega trends will shape Africa’s economic future in a post-COVID-19 world: de-globalisation, digitalisation and debt sustainability [1]. When looking at the market and policy responses across the continent, it becomes clear that the COVID-19 [...]

This article was originally published on the Consulta Blog here, written by Kobus Badenhorst, Client Executive @ Consulta. As the march of technology advances in almost every facet of human life - from online shopping to financial transactions to e-learning – major, traditional brands that were built on their physical and market presence are forced to [...]

This article was originally published on the Finextra blog here, written by Steve Morgan – Senior Director, Financial Services @ Pegasystems The trend in digital banking is one that continues to build momentum. A widely held belief was that there are a number who resist - generally of the older generation – preferring to stick with [...]

This article was originally published on the Accenture Blog here, written by Amit Mallick – Managing Director: Global Open Banking & API Lead. Open Banking has become a global movement driven by regulatory, customer and ecosystem forces, each shaping the outcomes of a bank’s Open Banking initiatives. In order to deliver these outcomes, realize the full value [...]

This article was originally published on the Cenfri blog here, written by Barry Cooper, Matthew Ferreira and Lezanne Janse van Vuuren. For the last two decades, financial inclusion practitioners have been addressing the barriers that prevent adults from accessing and using financial services that can improve their livelihoods. One of the major barriers, originally uncovered by FinMark [...]

This article was originally published on the Finextra Blog here, written by Anant Patel – Vice President of EMEA and APAC @ WEX. No one has been spared the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has disrupted the jobs of millions of people across the world, prompting all businesses to rethink and adapt its strategy, ways [...]

This article was originally published on the CGAP blog here, written by Maria Fernandez Vidal and David Medine. As digital financial services expand in developing economies, so do concerns over data privacy and protection for vulnerable poor customers. In the past, scholars of people’s views and behaviors related to data privacy often have focused on developed [...]