42 results about this entity
Period: 07 Oct 2004 - 24 Apr 2025
News
Barclays' South African unit Absa is boarding the blockchain train, joining the R3 consortium and teaming up with several local banks in an effort to develop the continent’s first distributed ledger-based banking system.
12 July 2016
Company announcement
Absa has launched ChatBanking, the first service in Africa which allows you to conduct your day-to-day banking from your Twitter account, without interrupting your session on the social media website.
26 May 2016
Barclays' South African unit Absa has struck a deal with mobile network operators that means that its customers will be able to use its app even when they run out of phone data.
20 May 2016
Barclays' South African subsidiary Absa is to embark on a trial of chatbots, using artificial intelligence to answer simple customer queries posted over popular smart messaging apps.
26 April 2016
South Africa's Absa Bank is piloting a new predictive spending alert that warns customers if they are about to go into the red and offers customised options to help them better manage their finances.
10 February 2016
South Africa’s Absa Bank is to be the first to trial a new Visa specification for fingerprint validation at chip card-enabled ATMs.
15 September 2015
South Africa's Absa has launched Payment Pebble, a headphone-jacked mobile point of sale device for small traders, as it refines its operating model to become a fully digital bank.
08 April 2014
South African bank Absa and mobile operator MTN have formed a task-force to tackle 'SIM-swap fraud' after a spate of cases saw customer accounts emptied.
28 May 2013
Absa has stuck the world's largest outdoor LED display screens on the top of its headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa.
25 March 2013
South Africa's Absa and MasterCard have unveiled a dual contactless debit and credit card which also includes a display screen for passcodes that secure online payments.
28 November 2012
South Africa's Absa has opened a 'test lab' bank branch in Johannesburg to help it trial new products and technology with real customers.
22 June 2012
South African banks are warning customers not to hand over their login details to a new money management site called 22seven, citing security concerns.
27 January 2012
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