Daily Archives: September 27, 2019

New WhoYou app seeks to curb SA’s rising identity fraud

26 SEPTEMBER 2019, JOHANNESBURG — There’s a new way to combat rising identity fraud in South Africa thanks to a locally developed app called WhoYou™ which turns smartphones into advanced ID fingerprint scanners. Latest statistics from the South African Police Service (SAPS) have shown a total of 83,823 commercial crime cases were reported in the…

Enhanced data analytics requires an advanced data storage platform for accurate financial risk profiling

By Hayden Sadler, Country Manager According to Statistics South Africa, the economy shrank by -3.2% in the first quarter of 2019. This ongoing economic downturn has had an impact on many industries, forcing them to relook at the way they do business. In the financial services sector in particular, it has become important to minimise…