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PSD2 will send ripples through banking world
PSD2 will send ripples through banking world
The European banking sector is bracing itself for massive change now that PSD2 legislation has been passed... read
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African exchanges need to shift focus
[Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita] Over the past decade investors have channelled capital to the continent, but Africa is no longer the "flavour of the month"... read
Tax still an obstacle to doing business in Africa
Tax still an obstacle to doing business in Africa
A survey confirms doing business in Africa is still arduous, with tax remaining the second biggest threat for companies... read
Finance
Daya Coetzee
Family finance decisions are made on Sundays

Daya Coetzee

Sundays, for many, are family days and a time of rest and relaxation. A day to unwind, dream of and plan for the future. Family finance decisions are often made on Sundays when there is time to discuss budgets for big ticket items... read
Insurance & Actuarial
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Eskom disputes Gupta-linked firm helped with R5bn claim

Ernest Mabuza

Eskom has denied that a Gupta-linked firm handled negotiations for the utility to settle a massive insurance claim... read
Don't chase the storm!
Don't chase the storm!

Issued by MiWay

The floods that swept through parts of Gauteng recently, have everybody in the country taking extra precaution with regards to safeguarding their personal property and loved ones... read

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Finding solutions to the growing chargeback challenge

Kyle Rozendo

Increasing sophistication in card fraud is reason for concern. Not only for banks, but most especially for online merchants, who are at risk of losing their ability to trade should they be implicated in repeat fraud attempts and excessive customer disputes... read
Education & Training
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Back to the drawing board on unemployment eradication

Leigh Andrews

Amien Ahmed, director of public affairs at Kantar Public SA, shares some of the top issues relating to this month's countrywide focus on entrepreneurship based on the recently completed Finscope study and unravels a few misconceptions for those who see entrepreneurship as a silver bullet for the country's high unemployment levels... read
Financial Services
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Mastercard, SnapScan partnership adds 30,000 South African merchants
Mastercard and SnapScan, a mobile payments solution backed by Standard Bank, announced their collaboration at the Mastercard Digital Indaba in Cape Town yesterday, 24 November 2016... read
How to use logbook loans to grow your small business
How to use logbook loans to grow your small business

Issued by Naija Writers' Coach

Raising funds could get pretty tough, especially when you have to sell your properties to do so. Thanks to logbook loans, you don't have to worry about that anymore. Through this means, your car becomes an asset and no longer a liability... read
Fintech
Global framework to speed up spread of mobile
Global framework to speed up spread of mobile

Thabiso Mochiko

The imminent release of a global framework on digital financial services is expected to accelerate the adoption of mobile money transfer and payments... read
Mobile wallets now have cross-network reach
Mobile wallets now have cross-network reach
A partnership between network providers and a fintech company now allows cross-border mobile wallet transactions in sub-Saharan Africa. read
Markets & Investment
Liberty unit settles for manco
Liberty unit settles for manco

Alistair Anderson

Liberty Two Degrees, the real estate investment trust (Reit) vehicle created by investment giant Liberty, will be managed by an external management company (manco)... read
What are the ratings agencies going to do?
What are the ratings agencies going to do?
So how will South Africa fare in Moody's rating review this week and S&P's review next Friday?... read
Making hydropower bankable in Africa
Making hydropower bankable in Africa
Technically, Africa has significant potential for hydropower. There are, however, two constraints to realising this potential, commercial viability and lack of political structures... read
Africa's largest Agri Investment Indaba is now underway
Africa's largest Agri Investment Indaba is now underway

Issued by African Agri Council

Projects to the combined value of over US$1bn are vying for the attention of international investors attending the African Agri Investment Indaba 2016 taking place in Cape Town from 28-30 November... read
Four strategies to manage excess cash in your business
Four strategies to manage excess cash in your business

Boris Dzhingarov, Issued by Monetary Library

Most SMEs fall out of business due to liquidity problems. However, on the rare occasions when your business happens to have excess cash, the situation can be as depressing as the time when you are cash-strapped... read
Is Trump going to follow through?
Is Trump going to follow through?

Arthur Kamp

The observed links between trade liberalisation, jobs and living standards risk leading us to a narrow focus on likely protectionist trade policies after Trump's victory.... read
Taxation & Regulation
Glen Bresler
The good, the bad... and the ugly

Glen Bresler, Issued by Meredith Harington

The year ahead will see a tightening of the belts and the need by Treasury to increase revenues. We look ahead to see what challenges the taxman is likely to place before us in 2017... read
Sweden to scrap taxes on solar energy in 2017
Sweden to scrap taxes on solar energy in 2017
Sweden is set to ditch taxes on its production of solar energy in 2017 in a bid to run entirely on renewable energy by 2040... read
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