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Panellists: Associate Professor Mills Soko, director: GSB; Mncane Mthunzi, president: Black Management Forum, Dr Sean Gossel, senior lecturer in finance at the GSB; and Nqabayomzi Kwankwa, United Democratic Movement (UDM) chief whip.
The sticky issue of radical economic transformation
Radical economic transformation. The nebulous term being liberally bandied about by politicians with little clarity on what it actually means.,, read
Banks need to be inquisitive to successfully ride the digital wave
Banks need to be inquisitive to successfully ride the digital wave
New technology, the demographic shift, unstructured data, digital labour, cyber security and digital identity are the disruptors that customers and banks face today... read
SARB's new loop structure allows foreign investment for startups
SARB's new loop structure allows foreign investment for startups
Local unlisted research and development companies can establish companies offshore in order to obtain foreign investment without prior approval... read
Insurance & Actuarial
Munich Re sees Asia driving growth for insurers
Munich Re sees Asia driving growth for insurers
FRANKFURT - Growth in Asian emerging economies will boost global insurance markets into next year... read
Desperately seeking: A viable healthcare payment system
Desperately seeking: A viable healthcare payment system

Nicci Botha

South Africa's private healthcare sector is under severe pressure, particularly with rampant inflation tracking at rates higher than CPI... read
MediFin launches affordable travel insurance products
MediFin launches affordable travel insurance products

Issued by Medifin Financial Services

After noticing an increase in foreigners visiting South Africa, MediFin, a leader in cosmetic medical finance, has launched its very own online travel insurance products, MediFin Travel Insurance... read
FSB fines Assupol for contravention of insurance act
FSB fines Assupol for contravention of insurance act
The Financial Services Board (FSB) has fined insurers Assupol R500,000 for breaches of the Long-Term Insurance Act: Policyholder Protection Rules... read
Accounting & Auditing
How to keep your business cash cycle in good balance
How to keep your business cash cycle in good balance

Issued by Monetary Library

To meet all financial obligations, you need to strike a good balance on your cash conversion cycle in order to ensure that at any given point in time you have free cash flows to fund your business operations... read
Christo Wiese, chairman of Pepkor. Source:
Tapping into financial data gives a business' story meaning
Business giants like Raymond Ackerman and Christo Wiese may have been able to rely on gut feel, but business leaders today need to fine tune this with financial data... read

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Mastercard introduces biometric shopping card
Mastercard has launched a biometric card that uses fingerprints to enable purchases, revealing that it had been piloting the card, a global first for the company, in SA... read
FNB awarded Best Retail Bank in Southern Africa by Banker Africa Awards
FNB awarded Best Retail Bank in Southern Africa by Banker Africa Awards
At the recent annual Banker Africa - Southern Africa Awards 2017, FNB was selected as the Best Retail Bank in Southern Africa... read
Education & Training
What happens when you build a business solution, but your customers find other uses for it
What happens when you build a business solution, but your customers find other uses for it

Issued by ADDaBIT

Whilst ADDaBIT was formed on the principle of a bit for now and a bit for later, it has grown to serve more purposes than to drive crowd-saving - and its fans have found applications that the founder, Michael Griffin, never considered... read
Financial Services
TransUnion releases Vehicle Price Index report
TransUnion releases Vehicle Price Index report
TransUnion released Q1 of the Vehicle Price Index 2017 today. The VPI report examines the link between the year-on-year increase in vehicle pricing for new and used vehicles... read
Junk status. What it means for SA businesses. And how BI is key to overcoming the challenges.
Junk status. What it means for SA businesses. And how BI is key to overcoming the challenges.

June Daniels, Issued by Praesignis

With South Africa's sovereign credit rating now at junk status or sub-investment grade, life for ordinary South Africans and South African businesses just got a whole lot worse... read
The most in-demand payment methods in 2017
The most in-demand payment methods in 2017

Issued by Monetary Library

Today, innovative payment methods mean that there's more to choose from than simply a credit card reader for customers to swipe their cards. We've listed some of the best options to offer... read
Co-working properties get the green light from alternative funders
Co-working properties get the green light from alternative funders

Gary Palmer

The rise of the shared economy is not only shifting how we work, but where we work... read
Fintech
Startupbootcamp Cape Town calls for applications
Startupbootcamp Cape Town calls for applications
Startupbootcamp (SBC) will be launching its new accelerator programme in Cape Town. Startups from around the world are invited to apply now... read
Barclays Accelerator reveals 2017 Africa programme participants
Barclays Accelerator reveals 2017 Africa programme participants
Thursday, 20 April 2017, saw the announcement of the top 10 companies selected for the Barclays Accelerator 2017 Africa programme... read
The Talent Boom opens a new fintech and financial services recruitment division at their SA HQ
The Talent Boom opens a new fintech and financial services recruitment division at their SA HQ

Issued by The Talent Boom

Due to heavy expansion in South Africa and globally, The Talent Boom, global creative, digital and tech headhunting firm is excited to announce the opening of a new division dedicated to servicing fintech and financial services... read
Markets & Investment
Junk status brings new challenges for SA businesses
Junk status brings new challenges for SA businesses

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business

Business owners, senior managers and company executives need to prepare themselves for a bumpy second quarter in 2017, with the only certainty being that nobody really knows how much the downgrades by rating agencies and the weaker rand will impact on the economy... read
How to survive rising interest rates
How to survive rising interest rates

Issued by Private Property

Experts agree that South Africans will be facing higher interest rates soon. In order to keep or purchase a home, we will all have to reassess our spending habits... read
David Zahn, head of European fixed income at Franklin Templeton
How Theresa May's election gambit could strengthen her Brexit hand

David Zahn

UK prime minister, Theresa May's decision to call a snap general election for June 8, 2017 caught just about everybody off guard... read
TC Chetty, South Africa country manager for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
Junk status not good for Africa's overall growth
The recent credit rating downgrades will negatively affect Africa's two biggest economies - South Africa and Nigeria... read
Africa
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New mobile payment system for fuel in Namibia
Bank Windhoek has embraced mobile technology to launch the first mobile fuel payment system in Namibia... read
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