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- 12 Apr 2026
Lawyers Sue CBN over One-Time BVN Phone Number Change
Incorporated Trustees of the Data Privacy Lawyers Association (DPLA), a group of legal experts and data privacy advocates and Etisang Solomon have filed a fundamental rights enforcement suit at the…
- 3 Apr 2026
Ecobank Assures of Seamless Easter Banking Services
Ecobank Nigeria has reaffirmed its commitment to providing customers with seamless and uninterrupted banking services throughout the Easter public holidays. The Bank assured customers that its secure…
- 1 Sept 2025
Firm Warns of Phishing Through Fake University Login Pages Targeting Academia
As the new international academic year begins, Kaspersky has detected a wave of phishing webpages targeting college and university students as well as professors. Attackers are deploying fake login…
- 18 May 2026
Identy.io, US Firm Eyes 1Bn Biometric Verification Transactions in Nigeria
Identy.io, a United States-based cybersecurity and mobile biometric authentication company, has announced plans to process one billion biometric identity verification transactions in Nigeria within…
- 26 Dec 2025
Ecobank Guarantees Seamless Digital Banking Services Throughout the Christmas and Year-End Period
Ecobank Nigeria, a member of Africa’s leading pan-African banking group, has assured customers of uninterrupted access to banking services throughout the year-end holiday period via its secure and…
- 4 Aug 2026
Zenith Bank Confirms Cyberattack, Says Hackers Accessed Limited Customer Data
Hackers have hit the database of Zenith Bank, one of Nigeria’s largest financial institutions, stealing customers’ information. Zenith confirmed the attack in an email to customers on Tuesday. The…
- 7 Nov 2014
Dell Unifying Fragmented Security Market
Dell has unveiled product integrations and innovation within its security portfolio that provide organizations with exceptional protection, and turn security into a business enabler. Network…
- 22 Sept 2024
Moniepoint MFB announces security feature to enhance customer protection and fraud prevention
Nigeria's definitive bank for small and medium-sized businesses, as well as their customers and employees, Moniepoint Microfinance Bank has made securing digital payments a top priority, implementing…
- 25 Jun 2024
Eight Important Steps to Secure Your PalmPay Account
In today's digital age, securing your financial transactions and personal information is more important than ever. According to the 2023 NIBSS Annual Fraud Landscape report, incidents of “Fraud loss…
- 23 Aug 2021
Access Bank Launches Awareness Campaign to Combat E-banking Fraud
As part of its continued commitment to educate and protect customers from e-banking fraud, Africa’s largest retail bank, Access Bank Plc, has launched an awareness campaign aimed at sensitizing…
- 19 Mar 2025
Firm Offers Steps to Prevent a WhatsApp Account from being Hacked
A user's messaging app account might be of interest not only to jealous spouses and nosy coworkers, but also to cybercriminals. Stolen WhatsApp accounts are used for various types of criminal…
- 22 Jul 2026
Kaspersky Warns of a Phishing Campaign Abusing Microsoft Authentication Mechanism
Kaspersky has released a report about a phishing campaign where attackers abuse Microsoft’s authentication mechanism. The campaign spanned from early April to mid-May 2026 and was styled as a notice…
- 5 Jan 2015
MasterCard, Visa Adopt Protocol for Online Payment
A new protocol that will reposition online payment is being co-created by MasterCard with Visa and could be adopted this year and the ultimate plan is to eliminate the use of password during online…
- 20 Apr 2016
Banking Security in Africa Reaching Tipping Point
Despite some consolidation in the African banking market, most of the banks we are speaking to remain confident about future opportunities on the continent. However, we have noticed security steadily…
- 30 Nov 2023
PalmPay Releases 5 Financial Safety Tips to Master Before the Holiday Season
As the holiday draws near, fraudsters are on the prowl for whom to defraud using dubious shopping websites and posing on social media platforms as customer support agents of legitimate businesses to…
- 11 Jun 2025
ngCERT Issues High Alert to Nigerians Using Android Phones
Nigeria Computer Emergency Response Team (ngCERT) has raised alarms over a new wave of advanced cyberattacks targeting Android mobile phones through a malware campaign dubbed Tria Stealer. The…
- 9 Sept 2025
Report Shows Attacks on Smartphones Increased in the First Half of 2025
According to Kaspersky data, there were 29% more attacks on Android smartphone users in the first half of 2025 compared to the first half of 2024, and 48% more compared to the second half of 2024. In…
- 19 Apr 2020
Kaspersky Reports Over a Third of Banking Malware Attacks in 2019 Targeted Corporate Users
In 2019, 773,943 users of Kaspersky solutions globally were attacked by banking Trojans. Of those users, a third (35.1%) were in the corporate sector. African countries were affected too: almost…
- 21 Jul 2021
Kaspersky Report shows Financial Trojans Increase in Nigeria by 32% in Q2 2021
With digital transformation a top priority on the corporate agenda as companies identify new ways to grow their business, cyber attackers and opportunist cybercriminals remain very active. Trojan…
- 8 Aug 2021
Kaspersky Identifies Top Malware Families in Nigeria, Others
Kaspersky researchers have identified the top malware families in Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya as ransomware, financial/banking Trojans and crypto-miner malware. In a report, Kaspersky researchers…
- 24 Aug 2016
5 Tips for Designing African Digital Banking Experiences for Young & Old
As mobile internet connectivity grows, African youth are fast embracing the opportunity to connect, converse and transact on the web. According to the GSMA (Mobile Economy Report 2015), mobile…
- 26 Aug 2025
Lebara Nigeria, MVNO Oils Machine for Q3 Launch with Personalized Number Reservations
Lebara Nigeria is building excitement for its upcoming Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) launch, giving customers a chance to secure a personalized piece of their mobile identity. The company…
- 10 Apr 2019
BeepTool Unveils Seamless Mobile Payment, Money Transfer App
BeepTool, an indigenous tech start-up based in Lagos Nigeria has unveiled m-nairaApp, designed to bridge the gap in financial inclusion, mobile payment and remittance space. m-naira mobile app has…
- 19 Dec 2014
BlackBerry Releases Two New Enterprise Solutions
BlackBerry Limited, notable for its leading role in the global mobile communications, on Friday, announced the availability of two new enterprise solutions bundles that provide increased productivity…
- 9 Apr 2015
Konga Mulls Own Payment App “kongapay”
Konga, Nigeria’s largest online mall has created its own secure payment app launching as KongaPay. The payment app, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek gathered, will allow customers bypass debit cards when…
- 11 Mar 2017
SystemSpecs Releases Remita Mobile App
SystemSpecs, a financial technology company in Nigeria and owner of Remita, has announced the release of the Beta version of Remita Mobile Application, to empower individuals to view multiple bank…
- 3 Aug 2017
SystemSpecs Releases Full Version of Remita App on Android, iOS
SystemSpecs, a leading financial technology firm in Nigeria, on Thursday released the full version of its innovative Remita Mobile Application, for both Android and Apple users, to help individuals…
- 6 Aug 2017
SystemSpecs Says Remita App is Leveraging FinTech to Empower Nigerians
With the release of the full version of Remita app on Android, iOS, the innovators and Nigeria’s leading financial technology company, SystemSpecs, said that the focus remains to deepen its…
- 6 May 2019
Kaspersky says SIM Swap Fraud is Targeting Africa’s Financial, Online Services
Kaspersky Lab experts at its annual Cyber Security Weekend discussed the wide spread growth of mobile payments across the globe and the many cyber risks that surround such technology, especially the…
- 23 Sept 2019
Growth in Africa Fintech Drives Growth in Cyberattacks - Kaspersky
Africa’s Fintech sector is booming! According to reports, Africa’s Fintech ecosystem has surged 60% in the last two years and the continent’s Fintech firms have grown to 491 from 301 in 2017, with…