May 11, 2015
Samsung, Xbox and DStv are among the coolest brands in South Africa, as voted by the country’s youth. The Sunday Times Generation Next Survey Awards, in partnership with HDI Youth Marketeers and sponsored by Waltons, has returned for the 11th year to celebrate the most influential brands amongst the youth today. The annual event was held at the Sandton Convention Centre this year to accommodate the enormously growing platform that the Awards have become for marketers, brands and celebrities alike.
May 11, 2015
A new book by Nancy Calderon of KPMG and Susan Stautberg of WomenCorporateDirectors, Women on Board, uncovers the secrets to getting nominated for a corporate board seat if you are a woman.
The duo interviewed hundreds of board chairs, CEOs, nominating committee chairs and other board members to ascertain what it takes for a woman to be selected as a corporate director. The traditional path to directorship – via the position of being a seated CEO – is slowly being somewhat displaced by other routes to the boardroom.
May 11, 2015
Europay, MasterCard and Visa (EMV) chip-based cards have been the norm in Europe and in Asia for about a decade, but plastic EMV will not achieve broad adoption in the US until 2020, writes Forrester in new research. Despite the looming deadlines to move from magnetic stripe to EMV, adoption will be slow, thanks to strong competition from more secure, encrypted, and tokenised transactions on digital wallets, NFC mobile, and contactless EMV payments.
May 8, 2015
FNB has emerged as the top Internet banking service provider in Columinate’s fourth annual Internet Banking SITEisfaction survey, with Standard Bank in second place. This is the third year that FNB has come out on top, matching the highest ever score in this survey of 75 (max 100), same score as 2013. The Internet Banking SITEisfaction survey, launched in 2012, is a measure of customer satisfaction with online banking services in South Africa and the significant changes the banks are undergoing.
