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Business Funding for Small to Medium Enterprises in South Africa
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Proskauer Director joins Augusta as Chief Operating Officer
Augusta the UK’s largest litigation and dispute funding institution by case volume with a team of 70 in London today announces the appointment of Polly Bahl as Chief Operating Officer. London, United Kingdom, August 2, 2019 -- Augusta, the UK’s largest litigation and dispute funding institution by case volume - with a team of 70 in London - today announces the appointment of Polly Bahl as Chief Operating Officer, based in London. Polly joins from US law firm Proskauer Rose where, as London Director of Professional and Administrative Resources, she coordinated a range of operational functions. A solicitor by training, Polly qualified with SJ Berwin (now King & Wood Mallesons) where she became a partner specialising in private investment funds, a role which latterly incorporated various operational responsibilities. Polly’s hiring is the latest addition to Augusta’s senior team following the recent arrivals of Gowling WLG Partner James Foster as Head of International Arbitration and FTI Consulting Managing Director Leor Franks as Chief Marketing Officer. These additions reflect Augusta’s ongoing growth and increasing client demand for dispute and litigation funding. Commenting on the appointment, Louis Young, Managing Director at Augusta, said: “We’re delighted to welcome Polly to Augusta. We’ve been looking to fill this role for some time, and with her wide experience of corporate functions including Risk, IT, HR and Finance and her legal background, Polly will play a key role in this important phase of our growth”. Polly Bahl commented: “I’m really pleased to be part of the continued expansion of Augusta’s operations given the exciting opportunities for further development in the UK and internationally. I’m very much looking forward to working with Augusta's capable team and to help further develop a leading player in litigation and dispute funding”. CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za. …
Companies are outsourcing their financial operations, here’s why it’s a good idea.
More and more companies are re-thinking their executive teams and outsourcing the financial aspect of their operations. In this modern age of dynamic and complex business markets replete with endless streams of new technology, automation and digitalisation, it is nearly impossible to stay abreast. Mounting operating expenses and inefficient labour in this financial climate are also not helping businesses achieve their envisaged growth. Addressing these challenges from an operational and strategic perspective should not be taken lightly and certainly requires expert input. Considering an outsourced option for the financial operations of your company can be suitably beneficial. Handre Lourens, business rescue practitioner and consultant at Hobbs Sinclair says, “The question you have to ask yourself is, does your business merit a full-time financial manager or financial director, or are you best placed to outsource this crucial function?” The trend is with outsourcing, and here’s why. Outsourcing Outsourcing your financial function and operations brings the advantage of securing a practised professional tailored to the requirements of your business – when you need it, how you need it – without the burden of employing someone full-time at the high cost of a permanent, qualified professional. Strategic decision-making and up-scaling An outsourced financial go-to person will assist with business growth by managing your working capital cycle, cash flow, strategic decision-making and mitigation of risks, critical in the scale-up phase of any business. Monitoring your business Experts in financial management, with diversified skill-sets and knowledge, will implement systems to mitigate risk and devise management accounts to monitor your business. This will enable better strategic decisions for growing revenue and customer base, cutting costs while increasing productivity and efficiency. Business plans Growing your business requires financial …
Talksure Takes Gold
Talksure, a leading South African BPO and financial services provider, was recently named the Best Large Sized Contact Center at the 2019 EMEA Contact Center World Awards, held in Vienna, Austria. This award, regarded as the most prestigious international call centre accolade – the “Olympic Games” of the contact centre industry - recognises Talksure’s commitment to industry practice excellence and innovation. Contenders included many large contact centres from the EMEA region, including Turkey, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom and Mozambique. “It is an honour and privilege to be recognised for such a prestigious award. Yet again we are extremely proud to represent South Africa on an international platform. We will uphold this honour by continuing to invest in our people and technologies, ensuring that we continue our drive for delivering unparalleled excellence within the industry,” said Jacques de Beer, Managing Director of Talksure. Talksure’s practice was vetted by the CCW judges in order to qualify for participation in the 2019 EMEA Conference. A detailed presentation on the contact centre’s best practices and innovations was showcased by Jacques to industry peers. The final judging process was carried out by the Regional Referees Committee and winners were announced at the Awards Gala evening. Established in the UK in 1999, ContactCenterWorld.com is the World's largest Contact Centre Association with over 200,000 members in 200 countries and guides professional standards and practice for its member companies through training, education, best practice conferences and engagement measurement tools for customers and staff. ContactCenterWorld.com will be hosting their international award finals in December in Barcelona. This event will see at least 25 nations worldwide participate for global honours. Talksure looks forward to the honour of representing South Africa at this event. CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za. …
Contact Centre’s Domestic Success to Expand Internationally
Jordan Shaw, Talksure Trading’s Group Commercial Director, is serious about the company’s international expansion as he gets ready to take up his new international role encompassing UK, Australia, USA and continuing to building business in South Africa. There he hopes to position South Africa, and Talksure, as a destination of choice for outsourcing. Jordan’s strong commercial approach has resulted in securing over 400 FTE seats within the South African BPO space within key sectors including financial services, tele communications, retail and security. As part of the new international role, Jordan will maintain his role as the external face of Talksure and continue to manage the key domestic partners in South Africa. Additionally he will look to replicate his domestic success on the global stage by partnering with new International clients and to target an additional 250 FTE seats for International clients over the next 18 months CEO of Talksure, Jacques de Beer says, Jordan has been an instrumental part of the Talksure growth plan and we look forward to replicating continued success in South Africa in addition to building long term international partnerships “Essentially, we want to take our winning domestic formula and go global”. Jordan’s skill and success in managing the company’s strategic relationships and domestic growth will be key in engaging international opportunities - in line with Talksure’s goal of becoming a global player in the outsourcing industry. As of July, Jordan will widen his remit to develop the international pipeline and manage new accounts. “This venture has been carefully planned over many months to support Talksure’s strategy of international expansion,” Jordan explains. “I will maintain daily contact with partners and operational teams based in South Africa and visit on a monthly basis to see domestic clients in person”. “Technology combined with similar time zones has made this move unbelievably feasible and we …
Talksure Living the Legacy of Madiba
Financial Services Provider, Talksure in partnership with Crossroads KZN, joined the learners at Redcliffe Educare Centre for a fun Mandela Day last Thursday. The Educare centre caters to the needs of children from the Redcliffe community. Kamhal Pillay, Talksure’s Employee Engagement Officer, said that Talksure wanted to bring smiles and tasty meals and treats to the children on Mandela Day. “We want to honour Tata Madiba’s legacy. He was a man that loved children and children loved him, so this was a fitting way to pay tribute to the Father of our Nation”, she added. Talksure’s employees together with the company, contributed money which was used to prepare lunch packs, goodie bags as well as materials and supplies to improve the centre’s vegetable garden. A group of employees visited the school, where they provided fun activities such as face-painting and crafts. All the children participated in hand print painting a massive South African flag - a representation of the role that our youth have to play in building our nation into the future. “The Educare Centre started 13 years ago and is in partnership with Redcliffe Primary. To date, 250 children have moved from pre –grade R into the school programme. We would like to thank Talksure for everything they have done, not only this Mandela day but for previous initiatives they have supported at the centre,” said Mahendra Singh of Crossroads KZN. The centre was filled with the chatter of small voices as they waited their turn to get involved in the activities and interacted with the Talksure employees. “The time spent with these kids was just heart-warming and was a small contribution on our part, however the smiles on the kids’ faces was the real magic of Mandela Day,” said Zameer Asmal, Marketing Coordinator at Talksure. CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za. …
Biki.com: Exchanges and Projects Are Interdependent “There is No Other Way”
Singapore, July 29, 2019 -- At the CoinTime Summit 2019 held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on 25th-26th July, BiKi.com Southeast Asia CEO Ethan Ng spoke on the new role of exchanges in 2019 and the benefits of interdependency between projects and exchanges, "And we found out through our model, we literally help our projects grow… There is no other way." Ng noted that the ebb and flow of cryptocurrency trends has produced 4 generations of exchanges to date. First generation exchanges like Mt Gox served solely as mediums of exchange; second generation exchanges like Huobi and Binance managed to entrench their leading positions during the last bull run; third generation exchanges like Fcoin came up with unique features like trade mining, which caused rapid but uncontrollable growth, eventually leading to a bubble burst. Last but not least, the fourth generation exchanges like MXC and BiKi have emerged from a crypto winter by taking on new roles in this new era. With the crypto winter sieving the wheat from the chaff, only high-quality projects have remained. For new projects and tokens, trends like IEOs have also taken over to guarantee that tokens get listed on exchanges in order to prevent the scam projects from abusing the ICO craze of late 2017 to early 2018. A Mutually Beneficial Relationship Yet, regardless of fundraising on either ICO or IEO, projects have two needs that will never change – increased liquidity and a growing base of token holders. For that to happen, projects need to be listed on an exchange and they need to be marketed. This is where fourth-generation exchanges step in. BiKi has made it a point to serve both aforementioned needs while simultaneously relying on listed projects for its own growth. Being that it has a strong Chinese user base, BiKi acts as a gateway for projects who want to tap into the Chinese markets, which have their own ecosystems and barriers to entry. These projects that have survived the crypto winter usually …
Paxful Makes First Bitcoin Donation to South African School Group
One of the largest peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin marketplaces and digital wallet providers in the world - Paxful - has donated over 13,000 rands worth of bitcoin to GROW with Educare Centres. The donation forms part of Paxful’s #BuiltWithBitcoin initiative and is its first South African charitable contribution. Paxful also hopes to encourage its peers in the crypto-economy to invest in charitable causes. To date, Paxful’s #BuiltWithBitcoin initiative has raised over R3 million for charities across Africa and the MIddle East As a non-profit organisation, GROW with Educare Centres empowers qualified, passionate women to own and run successful high-quality Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres, such as daycares and pre-schools, in low-income communities using the principles of social enterprise and micro franchising. With reading being an integral part of the Educare programme, the donation from Paxful will be used to purchase books for their various centres’ mini-libraries. “We are thrilled to be able to make this donation to the GROW with Educare Centres project as we believe in the power of education. The aim with our #BuiltWithBitcoin initiative is to assist communities around the world who have been historically underserved and contribute to the provision of education for the youth across Africa,” says Ray Youssef, co-founder and CEO of Paxful. The GROW with Educare Centres project was incubated by a partnership between The Clothing Bank and Grow Learning Company and currently has 31 ECD centres running across Cape Town, KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. “This donation opens new opportunities for our organisation to engage the crypto-community in charitable giving. An investment in Early Learning is one of the greatest investments you can make since one teacher influences a generation of learners. We hope that Paxful will inspire others to do the same,” says Helene Brand, Marketing and Fundraising Manager for GROW Educare …
Why financial advice often lacks
Where financial advisors are often mistrusted by clients, a financial coach can step up and offer a holistic approach to financial planning, including coaching, counselling and education. Professional financial advice is often met with scepticism from clients who have had bad experiences and may have developed a mistrust of financial planners. This is according to Nigel Willmott, a franchise principal at Momentum Consult. He points out that there are several types of financial professionals that can help people manage their money and investments, however, few people really know the difference between a financial adviser and a financial coach. Willmott, who describes himself as a financial or “money” coach, explains that a financial coach will use various approaches, including (financial) coaching, counselling, education as well as financial advice as part of their holistic client engagement. On the other hand, he says, most financial advisers will only focus on “income” producing activities (in the form of products such as policies). He adds that most financial advisers are still only rewarded when they “sell and close the deal”. As a financial coach, Willmott can spend several months helping a client through balancing their budget, reducing wasteful expenditure and limiting credit dependency, among others. These, he says, are the hard yards that a financial coach will put in long before there is any remuneration or financial gain. “Many will view this as altruistic and unobtainable, but for those of us that believe in the long-term journey, the way of the financial coach is the only route to go.” Willmott says his clients appreciate his approach and recognise his commitment to them. “My primary aim is to ensure that my clients enjoy the journey. Financial planning should be better appreciated, understood and sought after. Some clients have often had a bad experience with a financial planner, they may have a distrust, and we need to help our …