What happens in a typical business day?

That got us thinking: what happens in a typical business day? What are some of the main business activities that play out in the time it takes us to process and approve a loan application?

Here are some of the amazing things that take place on an average working day:

• 7.8 million people get ready for work at 650,000 SMEs across the country
  
• 683 new SMEs are established
  
• 868 new SME jobs are created
  
• R11 billion in economic value is created
  
• 15 million minibus commuter trips take place
  
• 6 million people order coffee from an independent coffee shop
  
• R101 million is spent on online transactions
  
• 6.8 billion emails are sent and received

See our infographics for more amazing stats.