FSB Appeal Board upholds debarment of Interneuron’s Willem Jonker

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An appeal brought by Willem Daniel Jonker against his debarment by the Registrar of Financial Services Providers has been dismissed by the Financial Services Board's ...

Disciplined approach and diversified portfolio are a winning strategy

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NEDGROUP INVESTMENTS PRIVATE WEALTH EQUITY FUND

Low-equity fund wins award for risk-adjusted performance

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NFB CI CAUTIOUS FUND OF FUNDS

Don't fall for complex scams

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Before you entrust your money to someone else to invest, check their credentials, and understand how returns are earned.

Money mistakes made by Millennials

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We’re all prone to the urge to splurge, but doing it on credit, as so many young people tend to do, is particularly damaging.

Still no relief for victims of debit order abuses

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A project to stem the abuse of the debit order payment system has been postponed.

Capitec comes out tops online

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Bank customers express love and loathing online

State wants to go after directors of reckless lenders

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The government this week set the wheels in motion to amend the National Credit Act (NCA) to allow for the criminal prosecution of the directors of credit-provider ...

App takes the hassle out of paying bills – and lets you earn rewards

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For those of us who would rather eat roadkill than attend to personal admin, there’s now an app that not only pays your bills – including Telkom, Eskom and municipal ...

A single mom’s saving plan

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There is nothing like a baby to alert the mind to holes in your long-term financial planning.

NCC to hold public inquiry into holiday clubs

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The head of the National Consumer Commission (NCC), Ebrahim Mohamed, will appoint a panel of property and consumer law experts to hold a six-month public inquiry ...

Silly things you shouldn’t do after an accident

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Most people are in a state of shock after a car accident. Everyone responds to shock differently. Some people get angry, others get fearful or go into denial. Whatever ...

Beware of ‘banking ombud’ SMS scam

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Scam SMS claims your bank has paid money it owes you to the banking ombudsman’s office

Credit regulator to be probed for failing consumers

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The National Credit Regulator and the National Consumer Tribunal are ineffective to the extent that individuals and companies are turning to the courts to obtain ...

Blow to consumers as court sets aside cap on lending rates

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The setting aside of the regulations that cap what microlenders can change you is a “blow to consumers” and confirmation that the National Credit Regulator (NCR) ...

Saving for retirement is not only about you

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If all working people in South Africa saved an appropriate amount for their retirement, children’s education and housing, it would provide investment funding that ...

Law failing consumers drowning in debt

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The National Credit Regulator (NCR) needs more muscle to deal with rampant reckless lending, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) says. It needs the power ...

Debt balloons despite counselling

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The case of a single mother whose debt has ballooned rather than decreased while in debt counselling highlights many of the problems with debt counselling.

How to avoid becoming another victim of banking fraud

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More consumers who have been victims of online banking fraud coupled with fraudulent SIM swops came forward this week, following a report in Personal Finance last ...

How a SIM ‘flagged’ by Vodacom was swopped

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One week before she was defrauded of R1. 8 million, Monica Kruger, a businesswoman from George in the Western Cape, thwarted an illegal SIM swop.

Bank fraud victim fights for access to information

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Monica Kruger doesn’t know who is to blame for the R1. 8-million loss that she suffered when fraudsters carried out an illegal SIM swop before raiding her credit ...

Who’s to blame for ‘disappearing’ phone data?

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Subscribers to all the cellular networks are complaining that their data and airtime are “disappearing”. The networks’ standard response is that your data and airtime ...

What’s eating your phone data and how to stop it

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To contain your data costs, you can control your smartphone use, but the “smarter” your smartphone, the more likely you will spend more time online and consume more ...

FSB fines Discovery Life, Regal for paying ‘sign-on bonuses’

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Discovery Life and Regal Financial Services have been fined R2. 5 million and R200 000 respectively by the Financial Services Board (FSB) for engaging in the banned ...

Little loans can get you into big trouble

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Reporters like me can get up to 15 press releases a day. A few are excellent: the message is useful and well crafted. Most are okay – the copywriter has found a ...