Technology makes financial services more affordable

We live in a world where information is at our fingertips, writes Sebastian Commin, specialist: digital enablement at Alexander Forbes Retail. You can book a ride, order food and plan an entire holiday on your phone. Technology is changing the way we live, with a...

SMEs to transform SA’s education sector

The education sector in South Africa remains a catch-22, with public schools struggling to yield positive results and private schools being too costly for many South African households to afford. This challenge, however, signals a gap in the market and provides an...

AI helps retailers navigate shopping season anomaly

A significant portion of retailers’ annual profits are attributed to the festive shopping season – from Black Friday, to the weekend before Christmas Day – which generally spans over approximately three weeks. This year, however, an extra week of...

Technology the new differentiator for retail

Increasingly, retailers need to create a compelling reason for customers to enter their stores and should look at technology as a way to differentiate themselves from the competition. “For the past two decades, retailers have tended to focus on saving costs and...

Technology improves the retail experience

Technology has entrenched itself into virtually every industry, and retail is no different. By Simon Shaw, business development manager: retail and consumer at Wipro, Africa A recent report from Forrester lists the top four retail tech trends as; personalising the...

Open banking ecosystem could render card payments obsolete

Those who believe that ‘tap and go’ credit cards are the pinnacle of banking payment solutions could be in for a big surprise. Chris Michael, a UK-based payments specialist and head of technology at Open Banking Limited UK, says that developments in open...