Home-grown commercial bankers,
FDH Bank Plc Head of Information Technology, Ganizani Phiri, one of the panellists considered to be regional Fintech Leaders, at the recently ended 9th
"It was a great experience to be recognized as a key panellist to share our experience with Top Leaders in Banking and Technology from across the Globe.
"It shows how much progress we have made as
He further said
"Customers can access these innovative products with any phone from a simple to an advanced one.
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Giving a background to the panel engagements at the summit, Phiri said the discussions were mainly about how the SADC region can align efforts to digitalization, innovation while considering cyber security risks inherent in these initiatives.
"We also discussed issues of policy and inter-country collaboration to mitigate cyber- fraud. Overview of SADC's Cyber Security Outlook, how robust and agile IT security policy can bridge the gap between innovation and security.
"We also discussed how countries can take progressive steps now to protect critical national infrastructure against cyber-crime," said Phiri.
Picking on key lessons to the banking sector in
"Much as we are in competition there are many areas we can collaborate for the benefit of customers. We need to tackle issue of cybersecurity jointly for significant progress to be made," he said.
The 9th
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