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 | VICTOR MUPUNGA The battle of the banks will intensify in the wake of Covid-19, as both legacy and challenger financial institutions race to use tech innovation to gain a competitive advantage in 2020/2021... read |
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 | | Nedbank has revealed its new digital platform Avo. Described as a "super app", Avo will provide customers with access to online shopping and other essential services...read |
|  | NICOLE PAIGE, ASHFORD NYATSUMBA, MICHAEL DENENGA AND GITTE TRUTER News that Mauritius was added to the EU list of high-risk third countries on 7 May 2020 has understandably caused much consternation amongst fund managers who have fund structures and investment holding vehicles domiciled in Mauritius...read |
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| |  | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM Terry Levin, creative director at Bizcommunity, shares her views of the current Covid-19 crisis and how the company is navigating these unusual times... Read |  | ISSUED BY SAICA As part of Saica's Leadership in a Time of Crisis webinar series, Professor Deon Rossouw, CEO of The Ethics Institute, spoke about the importance of sticking to your values during a crisis... Read |
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 | HAYLEY BARKER HOOGWERF, ISSUED BY SAICA The business accounts of legal practitioners who are subject to the Companies Act, i.e. are registered companies, and who hold assets in trust in excess of R5m at any time during the financial year, are now required to be audited... Read |
| Banking |
 | NICCI BOTHA CEO, Basani Maluleke's long-stated goal of transforming African Bank into a fully transnational South African bank: offering near free banking coupled with digital convenience has been fast forwarded by the Covid-19 pandemic... Read |
| Economy |
 | EDWARD WEBSTER Economic inequality in post-apartheid South Africa has deepened. This is not what was expected... Read |
 | Sars has predicted that it would lose around 15 to 20% of its tax revenue this year as a result of the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown, and the responsibility of filling the gap will fall upon the South African taxpayers... Read |
 | The arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic came at a time when the South African economy was already under severe strain, posing not just a health risk to the people, but threatening livelihoods as well... Read |
| Fintech |
 | KAGISO MOTHIBI The ability to create value out of new products and services lies at the heart of the burgeoning fintech sector. In South Africa, we face significant challenges and barriers to introduce these solutions... Read |
| Insurance & Actuarial |
 | RUDI VAN ROOYEN, The only insurance benefits many South Africans have is their employer's group insurance benefits to meet their household's financial needs in the event of death, disability or critical illness... Read |
| Markets & Investment |
 | The coronavirus pandemic has had a tremendous impact on business, and as a result, it has created significant uncertainty about what lies ahead. This unknown is crippling business leaders from making decisions or taking strategic action... Read |
 | ISSUED BY KIRIK PRO While the whole world is shaking from negative news, ranging from the pandemic of the coronavirus Covid-19, to numerous disasters in different areas all around the world, to the stock market crashes and the global crisis in general, a silver lining has emerged among the clouds in sunny Panama, and it will probably affect everyone... Read |
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 | DR MAMPHELA RAMPHELE On this Africa Day 2020, we celebrate our resilience in the face of the disruptive Covid-19 pandemic... Read |
 | PIETER BENSCH Let's not allow the very real challenges of the virus overshadow the progress Africa has made... Read |
 | CLEMENT CHINAKA The World Economic Forum (WEF) reported this week that the pandemic has hit global trade and investment at an "unprecedented speed and scale" and revealed the fragility of the modern supply chain... Read |
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 | A smart helmet that can scan the temperatures of up to 200 people every minute is now available in South Africa... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Mmusi Maimane, the chief activist of 'One South Africa' Movement (OSA), recently launched its digital platform to connect and engage with South Africans through these unprecedented times... Read |
 | Traditional models of business funding need a re-think if South Africa's small businesses and entrepreneurs are to emerge from the financially crippling "winter of coronavirus"... Read |
 | Inyathelo has provided tips not only for other NPOs, but also for other organisations considering hosting a webinar, while keeping costs down... Read |
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