Automating financial operations for faster, safer financial reporting

Automating financial operations for faster, safer financial reporting

R2R encompasses the entire financial close cycle – from recording transactions to reporting financial results. (Image: MoData) South African businesses are under pressure to deliver financial results faster while maintaining absolute accuracy and compliance. In industries like financial services, retail, telco and gaming, the volume and complexity of transactions have soared, making manual spreadsheet-based reconciliations…

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South Africa’s biggest banks are lining up behind Optasia

South Africa’s biggest banks are lining up behind Optasia

Optasia CEO Salvador Anglada Optasia has secured US$330-million (R5.4-billion) in refinanced and upsized debt facilities, with Standard Bank acting as joint mandated lead arranger and underwriter in a deal that deepens the banking group’s relationship with the JSE-listed fintech. The facilities comprise a $180-million term loan and $150-million in bank guarantees, and are designed to…

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Naspers feels heat as Tencent faces AI reality check

Naspers feels heat as Tencent faces AI reality check

Investors are becoming wary of AI companies’ spending on AI. (Graphic: Nicola Mawson | GenAI and Freepik) The concerns US investors have over the sustainability of hyperscalers’ artificial intelligence (AI) spending has crossed the Pacific, to not only weigh on Naspers subsidiary Tencent, but also on the JSE-listed company. These worries are reflected in the…

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Gambling portal welcome – if data is clean

Gambling portal welcome – if data is clean

The National Gambling Board’s gambling portal must stay updated to be effective. (Graphic: Nicola Mawson | ITWeb and Freepik) While the National Gambling Board’s (NGB’s) introduction of a portal that will allow punters to verify the legal status of online gambling sites is a welcome move, the industry also cautions that the database must be…

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