FNBB pans for gold in customer data
Friday, September 12, 2014
Lorato Boakgomo Ntakhwana
So close to being creepy as to be mistaken as a threat.
But these were just the words of First National Bank Botswana’s outgoing CEO, Lorato Boakgomo-Ntakhwana when announcing the bank’s new strategy of peering so obviously into their customers’ spending habits to sieve out information, which could turn out to have nuggets of gold.
‘A man’s country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle’.- George William CurtisAccording to the report carried in this publication, the fraudsters operating the so-called “dark fleet” have selected Botswana’s flag as their cover of choice. This is a direct assault on our country’s most valuable asset, the good name.For decades, Botswana has...