African banks may be sitting on payment technology they aren’t fully using

African banks could accelerate innovation by getting more out of existing payment systems instead of investing in costly replacements. That was a key theme at BPC Client Conference 2026 in Cape Town, on Wednesday, where bankers, payments specialists and cybersecurity experts examined how financial institutions can extract more value from existing technology while meeting demand for faster digital services. Jonathan Bautista, Asia-Pacific regional solution director at BPC, a Swiss-based payment t