Case Study: Bidvest Bank achieves reliable email uptime and compliant archiving with Mimecast

Bidvest Bank implements email archiving with Mimecast

Bidvest Bank, a JSE‑listed financial services subsidiary with over 100 retail branches and about 1,200 email users, needed a more reliable, compliant and easily managed email environment. With strict regulatory requirements (King report) and detailed internal policies around content and attachments, the bank required guaranteed uptime, robust archival and easy access to historical communications across a dispersed workforce.

Mimecast delivered a cloud‑based, immutable archiving and continuity solution — including ten‑year “bottomless” archives and multiple access options (Outlook, web, mobile) — that eliminated complex on‑premise infrastructure. The phased implementation and strong support produced rapid deployment, reliable email uptime, improved management and searchability of legacy email, and stronger data recovery and compliance capabilities.

Bidvest Bank

Russell Fogg

Chief Information Officer