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Parliamentary calls for submissions on insurance bill
Parliamentary calls for submissions on insurance bill
[Linda Ensor] Parliament' plans to hold public hearings on the insurance bill in February and has called for submissions... read
A strong case for investing globally
A strong case for investing globally
Markets are efficient at pricing in information in the short term, but they also tend to extrapolate the recent past well into the future... read
How to avoid a downgrade in 2017
How to avoid a downgrade in 2017
[Trudi Makhaya] Moody's reports that it assigned a negative outlook for 26% of the countries it rates, thanks to the sad state of the global economy... read
Finance
A four-point festive season survival plan for small businesses
A four-point festive season survival plan for small businesses
According to the Economics of Christmas report, consumer spending habits change over the festive season. Here are four ways to holiday-proof your business... read
Insurance & Actuarial
Two-year transition period fo phase out primary healthcare policies
Two-year transition period fo phase out primary healthcare policies

Linda Ensor

Insurance companies will get a two-year transition period to phase out existing primary healthcare policies... read
Pacemaker rip-offs cost insurance firms millions
Pacemaker rip-offs cost insurance firms millions

Uthentira Govender and Matthew Savides

The pacemaker implanted into a healthy Durban man might not have been for the patient's wellbeing, but part of a plot to swindle insurance companies... read
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What you should know before buying life insurance online

Boris Dzhingarov, Issued by Monetary Library

The idea of life insurance has been around for decades, but thanks to the Internet, it's taken on a new look that has changed the way that we compare and purchase life insurance... read
When things go wrong. How to mitigate liability in the hospitality industry
When things go wrong. How to mitigate liability in the hospitality industry
The shark cage diving incident on social media highlights the importance of proper liability coverage for any business operating in the hospitality sector... read
Banking
Here's how you can help us, FNB - communicate
Here's how you can help us, FNB - communicate
NEWSWATCH: Thanks to social media, big corporates are under close consumer attention at the moment, with banks the foremost of those, expected to build trust. Now, with an undisclosed amount of FNB safety deposit boxes stolen this past weekend, customers are upset at the lack of communication... read
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Nedbank spills beans on Gupta bank account government intervention
Nedbank's Mike Brown says Faith Muthambi and Mzwanele Manyi were part of the interministerial delegation with which he discussed the closure of Gupta bank accounts... read
Financial Services
Profit margins rise and Ithala gets its third clean audit
Profit margins rise and Ithala gets its third clean audit

Issued by Ithala Development Finance Corporation

Ithala Development Finance Corporation (IDFC) is on a growth trajectory following the release of its annual financial results... read
Uber-Wesbank deal a boon to transport entrepreneurs
Uber-Wesbank deal a boon to transport entrepreneurs

Lauren Hartzenberg

It's been just over one year since Uber partnered with Wesbank in a R200m car rental deal, with the aim to fuel growth in the passenger transport industry... read
Fintech
Applications open for 2nd Barclays Techstars Accelerator in Africa
Applications open for 2nd Barclays Techstars Accelerator in Africa
Applications have opened for the Barclays Accelerator programme, powered by Techstars, an initiative aimed at uncovering the next M-Pesa or Paypal... read
Deep analytics bump up sales and marketing for banks
Deep analytics bump up sales and marketing for banks
The new hype is the ability to analyse various types of information that are not based at the same location - termed deep analytics... read
Digitalisation: do or die
Digitalisation: do or die

Deon van Heerden

Doing business in the digital age will become more about enhancing the customer experience than the product or price... read
Nigerian fintech startup Paystack closes on $1.3m seed funding
Nigerian fintech startup Paystack closes on $1.3m seed funding
Nigerian fintech startup Paystack has closed on seed investment of $1.3 million from international investors Tencent, Comcast Ventures and Singularity Investments... read
Fintech has potential beyond digitalised banking
Fintech has potential beyond digitalised banking
As digital offerings become more mature and interconnected, vast ecosystems will develop and span across industries. In many instances, fintech will become submerged in these... read
Fintech and Big Data Innovation Challenge winners announced
Fintech and Big Data Innovation Challenge winners announced
Over the past four months the LaunchLab, in partnership with Nedbank, ran an entrepreneurial challenge across partner university campuses in the Western Cape to unleash innovation in banking... read
Markets & Investment
Goodbye 2016, you've been...interesting
Goodbye 2016, you've been...interesting

Dave Mohr & Izak Odendaal

It is almost time to say goodbye and perhaps even good riddance to 2016... read
Growing SA's economy is a gamble
Growing SA's economy is a gamble
The Casino Association of South Africa has released a survey that shows that the licensed casino industry remains an important driver to the country's economy... read
Unipalm Investment Holdings, Fine & Country SA conclude BEE transaction
Unipalm Investment Holdings, Fine & Country SA conclude BEE transaction
Unipalm Investment Holdings have concluded a successful BEE transaction with Fine & Country South Africa and also purchased a significant stake in the Constantia, V&A Waterfront and Camps Bay offices... read
ATI CEO, George Otieno and Benin president, Patrice Talon
Benin plans to stimulate economic growth through PPPs
Benin's newly elected president, Patrice Talon, has launched a five-year programme which is strongly focused on public private partnerships (PPPs)... read
What 2017 holds for African business
What 2017 holds for African business

Michael Armstrong

As we step into 2017, business across Africa are focused on a range of domestic and external risks to economic stability.... read
The rollercoaster ride that was 2016
The rollercoaster ride that was 2016

Azola Zuma

It has been a tumultuous year, with increased geopolitical uncertainty and shock events such as Brexit and Trump voted in as US president-elect... read
Decoding the lingo of company results
Decoding the lingo of company results
Every six months companies report a host of numbers, supported by different metrics. For the uninitiated, the terminology can be mind-bogglingly difficult to understand... read
Taxation & Regulation
Algeria announces tax hikes in 2017 budget
Algeria announces tax hikes in 2017 budget
Algeria has adopted a 2017 budget that will see taxes raised to compensate for falling revenues from its key oil sector, officials said on Wednesday... read
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