I had the opportunity to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with one of South Africa’s leading accountancy bodies – the South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA). This followed continued work with their team to support and educate South Africa’s accounting practitioners. Alongside other industry leaders, Xero will work with SAIPA in its mission […]
Archives for 2020
Perspective appoints group acquisitions director
Fast-growing Financial Planner Perspective Financial Group has appointed Sam Smith as its group acquisitions director as it looks to finalise more deals. The Financial Planner also said it has seven acquisition deals it hopes to complete before Christmas, with another eight in the pipeline. Mr Smith joins from Attivo Group where he held a similar […]
Treasury yields fall ahead of U.S. presidential debate
U.S. government debt prices were higher on Tuesday morning as investors monitored stimulus discussions and awaited the first debate ahead of the U.S. presidential election. At around 2:20 a.m. ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note dropped 1.04% to trade at 0.6561%. In the meantime, the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond fell by 0.57% to trade at […]
E-tailers, logistics company may hire 1.5 lakh people for festive sales
With consumer demand expected to surge for e-commerce in the festive sales, top e-tailers and logistics platforms are cumulatively expected to create over 1.5 lakh such seasonal jobs in supply chain and delivery, including the hirings that started few months ago. Amazon India is set to hire another 15,000-20,000 additional seasonal workers for delivery and […]
E-tailers, logistics company may hire 1.5 lakh people for festive sales
With consumer demand expected to surge for e-commerce in the festive sales, top e-tailers and logistics platforms are cumulatively expected to create over 1.5 lakh such seasonal jobs in supply chain and delivery, including the hirings that started few months ago. Amazon India is set to hire another 15,000-20,000 additional seasonal workers for delivery and […]
Google to enforce its 30% cut on Play Store apps
Google plans to enforce its Play Storepolicies that will require app developers selling digital goods to use its in-app payment system, giving the tech giant a 30% commission for each transaction. “We have clarified the language in our Payments Policy to be more explicit that all developers selling digital goods in their apps are required […]
LIFE AFTER JOBKEEPER
The past few months have been tough on everybody, particularly business. Without the government lifelines of JobKeeper, Cash Boost, loans and grants, low interest loans and deferrals, many businesses simply would not have been able to survive. In just days that lifeline is about to end for many small businesses. There has been a truckload […]
Study says social groups still risky for children
The presence and proliferation of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on messaging platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram continue unabated, and many groups that were flagged for such material are still active, a new study has found. CyberPeace Foundation, a cybersecurity think tank that conducted the study, also proposed a techno-legal strategy to tackle the issue, […]
Cloud services firms to resist Trai move to impose new rules
Some of the world’s largest cloud service providers, including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft, VMWare and IBM, are grouping together to protest against what they view as an attempt by India’s telecom regulator to increase government oversight on the sector. Later this week, the cloud companies plan to petition the department of telecom (DoT) […]
More than a third of businesses participating in festive sales are first time online sellers: Survey
Amazon India said this festive season, more than a third of the participating businesses are first time online sellers. Expectations of these businesses from the upcoming sale period include reaching out to new customers, increase in visibility of products, recovery of the business post the lockdown, and selling old inventory. “Between pre-Covid and post-Covid we […]