MasterCard offers remittance services in Zim
MasterCard has announced a partnership with the Zimbabwean Steward Bank which will make remittance services available to the bank’s more than 1,5-million account holders. For the first time, the bank’s customers will be able to receive funds sent by family and friends...FNB’s digital channels tops for customers
FNB’s Banking App, Online Banking and Cellphone Banking remain at the top in this year’s South African Customer Satisfaction Index (SAcsi). The independent national customer satisfaction benchmark established in 2012, measured customer satisfaction in the mobile...130% growth for commercial tablets
The commercial tablet market will reach more than 11-million units by 2019 in Western Europe, achieving more than 130% growth, according to figures from International Data Corporation. Tablets continue to represent a significant opportunity for device makers in the...Record quarter for Ethernet switching
The worldwide Ethernet switch market (Layer 2/3) revenues reached a record $6,2-billion in the fourth quarter of 2014 (4Q14), representing an increase of 3,8% year-over-year and 3,6% over the previous quarter. For the full year 2014, the market expanded by 3,9% over...Gender gap in phone ownership
New research shows that more than 1,7-billion females in low- and middle-income countries do not own mobile phones. Women on average are 14% less likely to own a mobile phone than men, creating a gender gap of 200-million fewer women than men owning mobile phones. In...