Over the past two years, the Covid-19 pandemic has severely disrupted the traditional banking model, testing it to its limit, and banks are still battling to address this. Reana Steyn, the Ombudsman for Banking Services (OBS) points out that 2021 brought with it some...

Before you earn a cent, government takes a chunk out of your pay packet in taxes. Today, 12 May, marks Tax Freedom Day (TFD) 2022 which is a measure of how much time you spend working for someone else's benefit - government GDP - rather than your own. The Free Market...

Only 16% of North American industrial companies consume Internet of Things (IoT) data in their enterprise resource planning (ERP) software -- so 84% face a disconnect between data from connected devices and strategic decision-making and operations, limiting the...

NMRQL Research, the fintech player co-founded by former First National Bank CEO Michael Jordaan, launched a unit trust fund powered by machine learning -- believed to be a first in South Africa. The NMRQL SCI Balanced Fund, administered by the Sanlam Collective...

It is becoming more common for threat actors to shun sophisticated and expensive attack techniques like zero-day vulnerabilities, in favour of extremely targeted social engineering campaigns in combination with known effective malicious techniques. As a result, they...

Fujitsu has reached an agreement with Mizuho Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group to conduct a joint field trial of a person-to-person money transfer service using blockchain technology. The trial will begin in January...

The Lufthansa Group has partnered with Switzerland-based startup Winding Tree to develop a decentralised booking marketplace using blockchain. It is envisioned that, in the future, airlines, hotels and other travel service providers will offer their services on...

Despite the distress in which the South African economy finds itself in, it is not unique to this country as global uncertainty is putting organisations around the world across industry sectors under immense pressure to survive. This is according to the Turnaround...

Europe's PC gaming market continued to confound expectations in the second quarter with strong revenue growth of 22,7% year-on-year, as enthusiasts sought out high performance and premium branded systems. The Context PC Gaming report tracks all essential gaming...

FNB says that, over the last 14 months, it has helped customers save more than R1-billion from small change when shopping. Bank Your Change, a free feature which can be activated by all FNB customers with a transactional bank account, enables them to save a portion of...