SARS pays back R10bn, but some taxpayers’ refunds are being withheld

Taxpayers should inform SARS if they have been unemployed for a full year or longer, to avoid being flagged as non-compliant.

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Fintech and proposed reguIatory changes

At a recent presentation, Seshree Govender, an associate in the financial regulatory practice at Webber Wentzel, commented on how fintech companies may be affected by regulatory changes in the financial services industry. Based […]

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Chatbots and the Future of Insurance

If your insurance business or brokerage does not have a digital component to its overall strategy you are what we would call a sitting duck. The fact is, tomorrow’s insurance is here. It […]

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The Digital Revolution in Insurance

The future is not out there, somewhere in the, um, future. It is here. A recent posting by Forbes of a blog by Bain Insights contains the following examples of where we are […]

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Technology and the 50+ Brigade

How often do we look for solutions far and wide, when the answers are right under our noses. This occurred to me again when I read an article in a blog on the […]

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10 Digital Trends to watch in 2017

Karlyne Zovitsky writes: It’s that time of the year again – where digital marketers ask ‘what’s next?’ and ‘what’s new’? What trends and tactics should we spend our marketing budget on? And without […]

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Technology and Disintermediation

A recent article in Insurance Gateway® titled Thematic considerations for the future of the insurance industry by Rahima Cassim, Fund Manager at Ashburton Investments, contains some interesting thoughts on where the industry is […]

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Big data: What’s the big deal?

They say big data is here to stay and yet, globally, many organisations have no clue what it means or how to use it. Like confidence, big data can mean different things to […]

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Surviving in the modern jungle

This article is a combination of information contained in a Suitebox presentation titled “The psychology of the modern client” and my own personal experience and observations. Fifteen years ago, when Moonstone was still […]

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World’s First E-Signing Functionality Launched

Global software provider of digital workspace technology, SuiteBox, has upgraded its software to allow for four-person meetings that, for the first time, enables the multi-party signing of documents in a secure cyber environment. […]

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Safer Financial Services

The introduction to a recent article by Carmel Ricard, for Legalbrief, sounded very familiar as it applies, equally, to financial advisers. “Crooked lawyers make the headlines so often that it’s easy to overlook […]

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Filtering the Fintech hype

A tale of old banking, new banking and the missing wallet I was travelling in the UK earlier this year and I managed to lose my wallet. That is a horrible experience at […]

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Robo-advice: Friend or Foe?

The increasingly important role of technology in assisting survival and growth in the industry necessitates more attention than most of us has hitherto given to this aspect. The one phrase most of us […]

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