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Buy Nothing Day

Buy Nothing Day

We are all being inundated by Black Friday specials. My inbox is full of both press releases and offers from retailers. But how many people know about Buy Nothing Day? Buy Nothing Day was set up as a protest against consumerism. It is held on the...

Criminals using AI to target retirees

Criminals using AI to target retirees

Criminals are now using AI to create sophisticated phishing emails, build hacking tools and uncover weaknesses in IT systems. While the world marvelled last year at the ease with which artificial intelligence (AI) tool ChatGPT completed tasks for...

The AI bullet train

The AI bullet train

Technology in general, and AI in particular, is moving ahead at breakneck speed. We need to make sure we are on the train, not hit by it. I recently attended the SingularityU South Africa summit, sponsored by Old Mutual. Listening to speakers like...

Tokenisation: what you need to know

Tokenisation: what you need to know

In January this year, Larry Fink, the CEO of BlackRock, said that “the next step going forward will be the tokenisation of financial assets, and that means every stock, every bond … will be on one general ledger.” Last month, crypto asset exchange...

Technical issues hamper GEPF payments

Technical issues hamper GEPF payments

The sheer number of savings pot withdrawal applications by GEPF members has caused some technical glitches, but these are being dealt with and the speed of payouts should start improving soon. As at Friday 4 October, the GEPF had received 252 592...

Maya Fisher-French author of Money Questions Answered

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