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In-game advertising: The next frontier for King Price
[Leigh Andrews] Getting ahead in business today is all about disruption. Short-term insurer King Price has figured this out by making the move into in-game advertising... read


Insurance & Actuarial
Momentum Health endeavours to better align their product offering
Strict legislative requirements marked the introduction of the new Medical Schemes Act no.131 of 1998, some 15 years ago... read
Sluggish economy not impacting consumer demand for funeral insurance
South Africa's sluggish economy is not negatively impacting consumer demand for funeral insurance... read
Conscious comparison

Issued by Hippo.co.za

What makes us choose a specific colour shirt over another? How do we determine whether the car next to us in traffic is better than the one we're driving? The way we subconsciously compare happens frequently, but what about conscious comparison?... read



Banking
SBM in partnership with UPI to launch UnionPay cards terminals

Issued by UnionPay

SBM Bank (Mauritius) Ltd (SBM), in partnership with UnionPay International (UPI), officially launched the acceptance of UPI cards on ATMs and SBM terminals... read
Delayed payments have a detrimental impact on SMEs
South African business owners have average confidence levels of 62% that customers will pay them in the stipulated time frame... read
Banking App usage is climbing
FNB expects more consumers to migrate from doing banking over the counter to banking digitally.. read
Various options available to enhance returns on cash

Lyle Sankar

Cash is often the asset class that earns the least respect and attention from businesses and individual investors... read
Financial Services
Government's call to large businesses to nurture SME sector
Corporate South Africa has a major role to play in driving the growth of small businesses - and every reason to help nurture a healthy SME sector... read
SA Taxi launches credit management campaign
SA Taxi is rolling out a five-year campaign focused on educating operators about credit management... read
Markets & Investment
Role of buy and sell agreement in estate planning

Tanya Lochner

This article focuses on a buy and sell agreement as an exit strategy where there are two or more partners in a business... read
Factors to consider when investing in property
Buying property with the intention to rent it out as an investment needs to be carefully weighed up against other types of investments that may be more readily accessible and easier to manage... read
Choppy waters can lead to the right destination

Carl Roothman

We are well aware that an adviser's job is never done. No matter how thoroughly you explained to your clients what to expect from the equity market, when markets suddenly fall and alarmed investors start to call, the toughest part of your client journey starts.. read
UN adopts 17 Global Goals
The 193 UN member states have adopted the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and 17 Global Goals, designed to put the world on a pathway to sustainability... read
Taxation & Regulation
Inter-spousal bequests - The way forward according to the Davis Tax Committee

Desiree Goodwin, Issued by Meredith Harington

The Davis Tax Committee (DTC) is currently reviewing the role and continued relevance of estate duty to support a more equitable and progressive tax system. One of the areas receiving scrutiny is the exemption from estate duty of inter-spousal bequests... read
Venture Capital
The Business health check - benefits and myths
A Business Health Check has become a key element in ensuring the long-term sustainability of a business... read
Business
Technocalamity and Africa

Naseem Javed

"...When the tsunami of free technologies makes organisations look increasingly outdated, the same tsunamis can quadruple exports, innovative excellence and catapult into image supremacy... this makes technocalamity a new global age phenomena..." - Mentorian. read
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