The banking, financial services, fintech, and tech fin sectors witnessed an extraordinary convergence of brilliance and innovation at the 8th Edition Connected Banking Summit Southern Africa – Innovation & Excellence Awards 2023. This prestigious event, held on 24th May 2023 at the Southern Sun Rosebank In Johannesburg, captivated the minds of industry leaders, inspiring and enlightening them with ground-breaking insights.

Tabby, the MENA’s leading shopping and financial services app, has successfully closed a new financing round resulting in upsizing its debt facility to $350 million, over a 2X increase since its last debt raising announcement.

First, it was the traditional bricks-and-mortar high street bank to fall out of favour with customers, then physical cash itself – now, time could be up for physical bank cards as well. The way we bank and engage with finance is becoming increasingly mobile-centric – especially on a day-to-day basis. 

Jumio, the leading provider of automated, end-to-end identity proofing, risk assessment and compliance solutions, today released the Jumio 2023 Online Identity Study, the second installment of its annual global consumer research, conducted by Censuswide.

Blackfinch Property, a rapidly growing agile lender to the UK property market, has completed its largest loan to date, a £20m refinancing for a mixed portfolio of 54 residential and commercial properties across East London.

UK organisations and consumers are ready to embrace a new era of digital identity according to a new report from Curity, an API-focussed identity and access management company. 

BNP Paribas and NatWest are now going live with ‘Dynamic Credit’ from CobaltFX, part of United Fintech, in efforts to simplify and streamline the allocation of credit for FX transactions between banks and improve access to liquidity. According to CobaltFX, the moves are indicative of an increasing trend of financial institutions wanting to optimise the disbursement of credit for FX trades and simultaneously improve market access and control.

BidX Markets, the global multi-asset liquidity and B2B trading technology provider has today announced they have welcomed a new addition to their team as Elizabeth Leskauskaite joins as the firms new Liquidity Manager. With a wealth of experience in the financial services industry, Leskauskaite brings strategic vision and wide-ranging expertise to further strengthen the company's position in the market.