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11 Apr 2022

Strauss & Co launches Africa’s first fine wine NFT auction

By Staff Writer

Strauss & Co has partnered with five of South Africa’s most respected fine wine producers to offer Africa’s first fine wine Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) on auction from 18-25 April.

15 Mar 2022

World Consumer Rights Day: Open Banking – It's all about consumer choice

By Staff Writer

Open Banking platforms protect consumer rights by setting new standards in keeping consumers’ personal financial data and information safe and protected.

01 Mar 2022

Ukheshe Technologies announces appointment of Darryn Botha as its new CIO

By Staff Writer

Botha’s role will include overseeing data security, maintaining a stable IT infrastructure, while enabling Ukheshe's business strategy

25 Feb 2022

What if you had a second chance to build your wealth?

By Staff Writer

As many South Africans focus on rebuilding their wealth, Caroline Naylor-Renn offers a few pointers on applying lessons from past mistakes (your own and other people’s).

25 Feb 2022

AI and M2M take South African payments and e-commerce to new heights

By Staff Writer

The opportunities in South Africa are immense as smart technologies, such as AI and M2M, are put to good use in best of breed payment solutions.

23 Feb 2022

Knowing your affordability can buy you your dream home

By Staff Writer

Before you start the search for a new home, it helps to know how much you can afford and how cost increases might affect your pocket a year from now.

23 Feb 2022

The biggest fintech trends changing the face of payments in emerging markets

By Staff Writer

Ukheshe's Mark Dankworth shares his thoughts on how mobile money, cross-border payments and ‘buy now, pay later’ are transforming the financial sector, for the better.

22 Feb 2022

Using AI to combat persistent financial crime risk

By Staff Writer

Fighting financial crime is a never-ending battle. With criminals using evolving technology to bypass organisational defences, it is up to the companies to fight fire with fire.

22 Feb 2022

Developments in UK crypto space could provide clues into SA’s crypto regulation plans

By Staff Writer

The proposals from the FCA consider ‘qualifying crypto-assets’ to be classified as high-risk and treated in the same way as peer-to-peer loans and non-readily realisable securities.

21 Feb 2022

Beginners guide to crypto investing

By Staff Writer

Cryptocurrency, or more generally tokens, are forms of digital assets that circulate without requiring a centralised monetary authority such as a bank.

21 Feb 2022

Financial services in 2022: An opportunity for metamorphosis

By Staff Writer

Keys to successfully balancing reputational risk with the desire for speed and innovation in 2022 and looking at digital transformation more holistically: to include people, processes, and partnerships as core pillars, not just technology.

09 Feb 2022

The quest to improve customer experience

By Staff Writer

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have the potential to revolutionise call centres for the better, but only if insurers (and others) know what they are trying to achieve.