Global News, Analysis & Awards

Canada’s leading direct bank offers Meniga’s award-winning personal finance management technology to all clients

Tangerine, the Canadian direct bank is pleased to showcase its partnership agreement with Meniga, the global leader in digital banking solutions.

The agreement sees Tangerine deploy Meniga’s digital banking solutions to all its clients, as part of its commitment to providing innovative solutions that help Canadians make smart decisions with their money.

The bank embarked on a project in 2016, evolving their digital client experience to further empower Canadians in making smart financial decisions. The integration of Meniga’s software means that clients have a clearer view of their finances through more accurate categorization of their transactions and a more customized banking experience – consistently across their online and mobile channels. Clients will have an easier time making the smart decisions needed to get ahead financially, by staying on top of their spending and saving behaviors.

As part of the project, Tangerine has introduced individualized banking enhancements that help clients get true value from their banking experience. The first phase of the rollout includes Meniga’s transaction enrichment, data-driven personalized insights and reports.

Georg Ludviksson, CEO and Co-founder of Meniga, said: “We’re proud to partner with Tangerine Bank, one of the most innovative and customer-centric banks in the world, with a strong emphasis on digital excellence. The partnership with Tangerine represents a key milestone for our global expansion ambition, as Meniga gains a strategic foothold in North America.”

Meniga and Tangerine are collaborating on a number…

An interview with John Kamara, Director for Global Gaming Africa, on how Africa has embraced Blockchain technology, by Katy Micallef: 

What kind of solutions can blockchain technology offer the continent? Is Africa on the road to becoming a blockchain hub?

Africa is rising and technology is at the forefront of our growth as a continent. We have seen the explosion of the mobile space in the continent and how it has allowed a number of services and solutions to become easier. Blockchain is about to help solve a number of issues we are currently facing in the public and private sector. Pockets of blockchain innovation are fast springing up in innovation hubs across Africa, as the public and private sector alike seek effective new systems of record with trust embedded.

With Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda and South Africa among the countries taking the lead in blockchain experimentation, the financial sector looks set to be the continent’s earliest big adopter. However, development and trials are also underway to apply blockchain technology to virtually every industry sector – from health and social development to retail and agriculture. Governments are exploring ways of using blockchain to aid corruption across multiple verticals and also to push value to service sectors.

One company planning to maximize blockchain’s potential in Africa is Ecobank, a pan-African banking conglomerate with operations in 36 African countries. Ecobank’s Fintech Challenge actively seeks out fintech innovations harnessing Blockchain, artificial intelligence, machine learning and other…