Regions

UAE consumers turning to mobile apps for finance and retail services

As businesses in the UAE double down on mobile apps in a bid to increase customer engagement and spending, they are seeing highly positive results for their efforts with the overall number of installs of mobile apps in the country growing 23% in H1 2022,...

FinTechs are on the rise while the number of bank branches is falling

According to data from Finnovista, Colombia is the third largest ecosystem of FinTechs in the region, behind only Mexico and Brazil. The increase in FinTechs of different verticals is due, among other reasons, to the good numbers presented by the Colombian...

How should Latin American CIOs deal with the impact of inflation and the fluctuating dollar on the economy?

We have seen the current crisis grow in stages. It started with the pandemic, followed by the shortage of chips for all kinds of machinery and equipment, and it grew with the container crisis and the global supply chain. In addition, the hydrocarbon, fuel...

Rackspace Technology helps Konesh Soluciones manage tax risks

Konesh Soluciones is an Authorised Certification Provider based in Mexico. To comply with Mexico’s tax regulations, the company relies on Rackspace Technology’s robust dedicated infrastructure. We find out more about Konesh’s deployment of...

North International Bank partners with Temenos to launch Banking-as-a-Service platform

North International Bank (NIBank) has gone live with Temenos to digitally transform its retail banking and private wealth business lines. The Temenos Banking Cloud supports daily transactions, wealth management and lending. Based in Antigua and Barbuda,...

Telefónica Tech study shows 57% of companies plan to invest more in ICT in the next two years

A study from Telefónica Tech, which gathered responses from a total of 810 IT professionals in Spain, Brazil, Germany, the UK and the Republic of Ireland, finds 60% of the IT professionals surveyed recognize that after the pandemic their company is...

Anti-fraud e-commerce platform arrives in Brazil in partnership with ICTS Protiviti

ICTS Protiviti, a consulting firm specializing in governance, risk and compliance, is expanding its ecosystem of anti-fraud solutions for e-commerce by joining forces with Riskified, a fraud management platform used by global retailers. The use of...

MinCiencias and CRC to finance research and development projects

The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MinCiencias) and the Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) has presented the results of the inaugural New Knowledge, Technological Development and Innovation for the Strengthening of the ICT, Postal...

The ATM revolution and the hybrid world

Elias Rogério da Silva, President of Diebold Nixdorf Brazil, addresses the technological evolutions of the banking industry, emphasizing its pioneering position about the adoption of innovations. Those who closely follow the banking market certainly...

Banque Misr ensures banking Business Continuity and digital employee engagement

Banque Misr, one of Egypt’s largest banks, has announced a Digital Transformation partnership with global technology company SAP in support of Egypt Vision 2030, for Business Continuity and employee engagement during and post-COVID-19. Egypt is one of...

Bank Sohar enhances customer centricity with insight-driven banking

As Oman’s economy experiences sustained growth and the non-petroleum sector emerges as an important economic force, Bank Sohar has positioned itself as a ‘one stop financial super-mall’. Bank Sohar is one of the fastest growing commercial...

Global development finance coalition commits over US$5.5 billion for MSME financing in Africa 

The  coalition for a sustainable and inclusive recovery of the private sector – an international group of 20 development finance institutions that came together in 2020 – has announced commitments of over US$5.55 billion of financing to...