by Kathy Gibson | Apr 10, 2018 | Fintech
Next time you contact your insurer there is a good chance that you will be dealing with artificial intelligence (AI). Insurers are starting to use intelligent computers to give advice and speed up the process of buying insurance and paying claims. Virtual underwriters...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 10, 2018 | Fintech
By Prashant Prakash – Two years ago, Accenture published a report on the potential impact of blockchain technology on the investment banking industry. Since then, interest in and funding for this type of financial technology (fintech) have grown exponentially....
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 8, 2018 | Featured Articles, Fintech
Christopher Renwick, attorney at Tax Consulting SA, discusses some of the pressing issues surrounding the cryptocurrency. Although usually behind the global curve, South Africa seems to be keeping pace with the current bitcoin trend. This is positive, as we are living...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 8, 2018 | Fintech
Far-reaching changes that govern Europe’s retail banking system will be implemented early this year – and the effects will be felt in South Africa. Several local banks that have branches in Europe will have to comply with a new European Union (EU) directive that is...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 8, 2018 | Fintech
Technological innovations have taken multiple industries by storm over the last few decades. However, insurance has often been pegged as a slightly more traditional industry. Enter insurtech, which is driving the new technologies increasingly underpinning insurance...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 16, 2017 | Fintech
By Rob van der Westhuizen, Compuscan With almost 2000 malls in South Africa, around 100 000 consumers flock to malls weekly [1]. They stand in queues waiting to pay for groceries, televisions, clothing, the latest shoes, and a variety of other things they may or may...
