Stanbic joins the info superhighway

Significantly for a country whose banks are notorious for high service charges, Stanbic is offering the Internet service free of any monthly fees.  An offshoot of the service will permit customers to intercept issued cheques and view transactions real time.

Says Dennis Kennedy, the Managing Director of the bank: "Our system incorporates the latest software which allows our customers to perform a wide range of banking activities without leaving their home or office."  The foolproof facility provides around-the-clock accessibility to banking services, including the immediate transfer of customers' funds between their various banking accounts, as well as the ability to transfer funds to other banks' accounts in Botswana.  Customers need not worry about computer hackers breaking into their data as the system includes the highest possible levels of security, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol, which encrypts data at a very high level.