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The technological change has brought Patrick Achitabwino with it exciting as well as challenging Editor components to the way business is being carried out in the banking sector. Allans Muhome crystallizes the pons and cons on electronic transactions and consumer behaviour as Chris Chirwa assesses if our country is well set for cryptocurrency. VIOLETTE SANTHE ZANDILE SHABA CHARLES ASIEDU WILLIAM LE ROUX Closing a chapter on articles dealing with technology is Moses Chavi that offer tips on CEO NEW FINANCE BANK ECOBANK STANDARD BANK leveraging customer data and technology to have a competitive edge, technology is with us. Either was adapt or perish, so the saying goes. Bankers are leaders and the banking sector is the leading sector on financial matters, South Africa based conversational MACFUSSY KAWAWA MISHECK ESAU FERNANDO RODRIGUES MIKE CHIWALO NATIONAL BANK CDHIB FMB FIRST DISCOUNT HOUSE 47 5 PRESIDENTS MESSAGE to significant write-offs in line with asset classification and provisioning rules. Sectors glittering with signs of improvement on the non-performing loans index include manufacturing; community, social and personal services; other sectors; construction; financial services; and electricity, gas, water and energy. Those maintaining the equilibrium have been the real estate, restaurants and hotels. Culprits on the index on the basis of going up have been two sectors – agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting; and wholesale and retail banking. All in all, the overall picture is that the trend is giving confidence to the banking sector. When all is said and done, when the picture on the wind of change has been painted, the sector must fasten its belt in cruising towards the direction of change. The leveraging point in the current model of doing business is speed. If we do not capitalize on the changes taking place in sectors that we deal with, we risk remaining behind and thus in the end becoming obsolete in the game where we once were grandmasters.