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This is the tenth audio episode of The Shyft Lift, the regular news digest of the app for the globally-minded, based in South Africa. In this episode, we learn more about raging against the financial machine with meme stocks, as well as SA’s surprising market wins. Primary activity in the bond market slowed slightly in April 2021. ( https://bit.ly/3oWZJPv ; https://bit.ly/3uvw2pI ; https://bit.ly/...

Tax-Free Savings, introduced in South Africa in 2015, has seen growth in popularity in recent years as South Africans find cheaper ways to save and invest. In this Podcast, Standard Bank’s Head of Client Solutions for Savings and Investments, Zibusiso Moyo, discusses the regulations surrounding Tax-Free Savings as well as the benefits attached to this account.

Dr Kirston Greenop talks about Snap Scan as a payments solution to VWS Wildfires donations and how the feature secures and ensures that the monies are accounted for.

This is the ninth audio episode of The Shyft Lift, the regular news digest of the app for the globally-minded, based in South Africa. In this episode, we learn more about top emerging markets and SA’s hydrogen power plans, plus 15 facts you never knew about the stock market. Inflation has risen slightly since the low points in May 2020, with the rise in commodity prices continuing to benefit SA an...

In her recent interview with Cape Talks' Kienno Kammies, Kirston Greenop touched on the recent contribution made to VWS Wildfires for the Cape Town fires, and the bank's role in raising more donations making use of the SnapScan Payment Platform. Take a listen in case you missed it!

Our executives Sim Tshabalala, Standard Bank Group CEO, Funeka Montjane, Standard Bank Group: CEO – Consumer and High Net Worth & Ethel Nyembe, Standard Bank:  Head of Group Card & Payments spoke with Khaya Sithole on the Leadership Dialogue programme, listen here.

This is the eighth audio episode of The Shyft Lift, the regular news digest of the app for the globally-minded, based in South Africa. In this episode, we share South African industry-specific intel to help inform your investing strategy. The steady rise in prices of PGMs,gold and iron ore have pushed SA’s mineral sales past the R600-billion per year mark. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AujXa_7E...

If you aren’t investing offshore, you’re limited to the South African market, which makes up barely 1% of the global market. And while offshore investing may sound like something only millionaires can do, the truth is that it’s far more accessible than it seems. In this episode, we look at the things you need to know if you’re starting out with offshore investments – from potential red flags, to h...

Fortunes were lost and made on global stock markets in 2020. Uncertainty about the impact of the new coronavirus initially led to a sharp sell-off in the first few months of the year, wiping billions of dollars off the value of some of the world’s most valuable companies. But some became greater than ever.  These include: Shopify (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQRXssjlk9U),  Amazon (ht...

From bartering to blockchain, money has come a long way. This week we take a look back at the history of currency and gaze into its future in Africa. Cash may be a casualty, but the concept of money won’t disappear into the digital void along with paper notes. Also in this edition, we learn about how 3D printing could change the future of orthopedic implants, why Bitcoin is currently under scrutin...

From cows to classic cars and artwork to Air Max, investing isn’t always about assets and equities. This week, we’re talking alternative investments – the type that have nothing to do with stocks and shares. Some investors choose wine, some choose comic books, and usually they all see their wealth growing in unusual ways with these unexpected additions to their investment portfolio. Also in this e...

With a few weeks of 2021 behind us, it’s time to think about balance. Because many people now dial in from home, attaining work-life balance has become trickier than ever. While we may have gained extra hours by cutting the commute, those hours are more likely to accrue to our employers than to leisure. The good news? Harmony, not balance, is the new goal, and we can show you how to make it happen...

As the year draws to a close and we look back on 2020, this edition hones in on an activity that some have turned to in the wake of lost income: trading. Forex trading levels have increased hugely in Africa this year, growing by almost 500% in the first five months of the pandemic. Trading is far from a get-rich-quick fix, however: here be dragons. We asked six forex traders to share their know-ho...

Welcome to the first edition of The Weekly Shyft, the regular news digest for global citizens based in South Africa. In this episode, we’re talking to Arno von Helden, head of FX solutions at Standard Bank, about getting schooled by 2020. Also, we discover more about a young billionaire’s self-driving car company, hydrogen-powered trains, and a new feature of the award-winning forex app, Shyft. Fi...

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