Banking
SMB study: Small banks lead in AI – but scale lags
As AI use proliferates in the SMB sector, small...
Diversified, quality growth: Capitec lifts headline earnings 19% to R9.5 billion
Personal Banking, Business Banking, Fintech and Insurance all grow...
Standard Bank and Java Capital partner to build an integrated real estate advisory and co-investment platform
Strategic partnership combines Standard Bank’s strong balance sheet, extensive...
Beyond Correspondent Banking: how global payments are being rewired
Global payments are entering one of the most significant...
Savings & Investing
Fintech
Onafriq joins FINASA to support the growth of cross-border payments in South Africa
Onafriq, Africa's largest payments network, connecting more than 40...
Technical debt is now a boardroom metric, not an IT one
As AI ambitions collide with ageing architecture, technical debt...
Wealth
Foundation Family Wealth approved as an FPi approved Professional Practice™
The Financial Planning Institute of Southern Africa (FPi) is...
When children emigrate, family trusts may need a fresh look
As South African families become increasingly global, long‑established financial...
Iress partners with Thoughtworks to accelerate platform modernisation
Iress today announced a strategic partnership with global technology...
Wills
You’ve protected your future. But have you told your family what happens next?
Many of us spend years putting the right financial...
Money Basics
Five budget moves to make as year-end pressure builds
South African household budgets are heading into the final...
SA Economy
Entrepreneurship
Telkom FutureMakers calls on township and rural entrepreneurs to turn big ideas into growing businesses
Across South Africa’s townships and rural communities, entrepreneurs are...
Meet Byron Pinheiro, the entrepreneur who believes South African SMEs don’t have a sales problem, they have a relationship problem
After nearly a decade of connecting businesses and supporting...
Radley Primary School invites families to experience entrepreneurial education at Northriding Open Day
As parents of future grade one learners embark on...
Retirement
The business case for moving BPO into townships
Bringing BPO operations closer to where employees live reduces barriers to work, strengthens operating performance and keeps more economic value within local communities. Through...
South Africa’s R30-per-litre fuel price milestone drives growing interest in EV’s
As South Africa's fuel price breaches the R30-per-litre mark, motorists and businesses are re-evaluating the long-term cost of vehicle ownership, placing electric vehicles (EVs)...
Naked data shows how car insurance claims rise as we enter the summer storm season
Hail accounts for 82% of car claims attributed to a specific weather event
Claims data from digital insurance platform, Naked, highlights November as the peak...
When money concerns take over: the link between financial stress and mental health
Mental wellbeing and financial wellbeing are usually considered separate issues. But when you are constantly worrying about money, the two are hard to separate.
Many...
SAS helps illuminate the health impact of solar power in rural Uganda
Let There Be Light International uses data to better understand how clinic electrification projects support maternal care, patient access and healthier homes.
Global data and...
What happens to your debt when you die
Most of us think of debt as a today problem: the instalment that leaves on the 25th, the card balance that never quite clears....
AI can rebuild African banking, but only once it learns to be African
An AI trained on the world's software still arrives at an African bank knowing nothing that matters there. For banking boards, the real task...
The headline is not the whole conversation
South Africa's news cycle is crowded, but businesses cannot afford to treat it as background noise. The subjects that keep resurfacing in news coverage,...
