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At last insurance has entered the digital age, with innovators helping to reinvigorate the sector with tech-driven business models that completely transform the customer experience... read
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ANDREW SCHMULOW
South Africa's regulatory regime for the financial services sector is going through major changes. The question is whether companies can adapt to a principles-based approach...read
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SHEREESA MOODLEY
South Africans want to "cancel" Old Mutual after a video showing a family dragging a body bag out of the company's offices in KwaZulu-Natal went viral on Tuesday evening...read
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Finance
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ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM
What's in the box? Hint, prepare for some seriously dark matter, like 50% or more off promo hampers of Biz top-story exposure products that will put your competition in the shade... Read
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Accounting & Auditing
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In his 2018-19 report on the audit outcomes for national and provincial government, the auditor general (AG), Kimi Makwetu, attributes the failure to improve the state of public finances to, "those charged with governance being slow to implement, or totally disregarding, audit recommendations made by the AG office"... Read
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Banking
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CHANTEL TROSKIE
Financial institutions are very much aware of how sensitive and pivotal this time of the year is for their business as customers deal with large amounts of cash... Read
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Fintech
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LEIGH ANDREWS
An all-female AfricaCom panel discussed the fact that the backbone of a truly digital economy is hyper-connectivity. While M-Pesa is still celebrated a decade after it disrupted the way money works on the continent forever, digital inclusion remains a problem. How do we scale innovation, yet leave no-one behind? Read
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Insurance & Actuarial
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RICHARD RATTUE
A relatively new concept that joins the ranks of fintech, regtech and insurtech, suptech is shaking up data collection and analysis in financial services on a level we've never seen before... Read
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ISSUED BY IV V.O.F
In 2018, a report published by the Edelman Trust Barometer found that the financial services industry is the least trusted industry worldwide. The report states that only 54% of customers claim to trust said companies... Read
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ISSUED BY FMI INSURANCE
Life insurance is often seen as something your family cashes in on at the end of your life. At FMI, we are on a mission to bust this myth... Read
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ISSUED BY FMI INSURANCE
Unfortunately, most South Africans tend to insure the wrong things. Each of us face four major risks in life: temporary injury or illness, permanent disability, critical illness and death. What many fail to realise is... Read
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ISSUED BY FMI INSURANCE
Busy adulting? Put your Income First... Read
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Markets & Investment
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Mirroring a global trend, the proportion of South Africans who are actually investing sustainably is significantly lagging behind those who would like to invest sustainably... Read
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Taxation & Regulation
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The 2019 Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (TLAB) contains a significant and unexpected amendment to the definition of "hybrid equity instrument" in section 8E of the Income Tax Act, which was discussed in a previous alert... Read
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Venture Capital
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While foreign direct investment (FDI) is falling in other global markets, it is on the rise in Africa, with approximately $46bn in FDI flowing into the continent in 2018 - an 11% increase compared to the previous year... Read
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Lebogang Mokgabudi chats with Rutendo Nyamuda at the 2019 AfricaCom conference & trade expo in Cape Town... View
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Africa's leading early-stage investors come together at #AESIS2019... Read
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The Coca-Cola Company's global CEO and chairman, James Quincey, concluded a tour in Africa last week... Read
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LAUREN HARTZENBERG
Black Friday has gained significant momentum in South Africa since the North American shopping event was piloted locally by Takealot in 2012... Read
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Registering your small business can seem like a big step, but for new entrepreneurs, it's a smart choice... Read
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While there has been a marginal decline in the proportion of South Africa's high-net-worth (HNW) individuals who are involved in philanthropic activities, the average value of such philanthropy by those who are still giving has increased... Read
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