Wayne Summers on Opening Up Financial Services to Grow the SA Tech Ecosystem, MERGE Conference 2019 Presentation

Published: Feb. 18, 2020, 9 a.m.

Historically, it’s been hard to innovate in the financial sector because banks and financial service companies accumulated decades' worth of data and functionality that FinTech companies had no access to. This is now changing: The market is opening up to companies and technologists who can use this data to build new tools and drive new business ventures which could translate into economic growth.

In his talk, Wayne Summers explains how Investec hopes to unlock more opportunities within the SA tech ecosystem through opening up APIs and investing in programmable banking.

Watch the video, and read the transcript here! (http://bit.ly/2vlAIpk)