When the economy is bad or the pandemic has caused you to lose a lot of business, when do you make the call to either close your business, reduce salaries or even think of retrenching people and how to go about doing it? During a pandemic, it is a very stressful time for both employer and employee, but when you are forced …
After a video that went viral on social media a few years ago created the impression that criminals could tap your card by simply holding a card payment terminal close to it, many people became skeptical about the safety of contactless card use. “This is simply not true. Contactless payment cards are as secure as …
When do you make that decision to home school your child or send them to school? When it comes to your child’s education, you want to know if you are making the right choice. But each child is unique when it comes to learning, and to home school might be right for one child, but …
It’s fairly fast and simple to get a card machine for your business. Here is what you need to know and what procedures are involved.To apply online takes less than 10 minutes and you can have your device delivered in 1 – 3 working days. What you need to apply for a card machine in …
If you’re accepting card payments, you’re bound to incur a card transaction fee on every sale. This is a fee imposed on banks by Visa and Mastercard or similar card associations but you may have noticed that many service providers also charge a minimum turnover fee (a fee based on achieving a defined amount of …
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June 2020 – Nedbank has unveiled its new tap-on-phone functionality that allows all merchants and business owners to convert their mobile phones into payment acceptance devices. Tap on phone makes it easier for small- and medium-sized businesses to use their compatible smartphones to accept quick, easy, and secure, payments from their customers for goods or services. Due …
Years ago, a friend of mine showed me how he placed an advert on Google and within minutes his phone started ringing. After a while, he would pause his adverts, and instantly the phone calls would stop. This is only the beginning of what can be achieved with digital marketing. Launching a digital marketing strategy …
The World as we know it will never be the same again. A mental shift has occurred, and this will change consumer behaviour for the rest of the year at the very least. In this article, we’ll give you some insights into where the payments industry is going and how you can prepare your business …
If you google the term “how to start trading online” or “how to build a website”, you are bound to confuse the regular Joe who simply wants to put a business together and sell his products online. It’s rather overwhelming and the costs quickly begin to add as you work through the process. So we …
As if load shedding wasn’t enough, South Africans are now faced with serious business concerns about how they will continue to thrive during such difficult economic times. Luckily, if we all stick to our social distancing, it should all be over soon. Think about this time as a time to recoup and tackle some things …
