July is Savings Month, and much has been written on the subject of South Africans’ poor culture of putting money aside.

It’s getting tougher for us to make ends meet every month. This is one of the findings in the World Wide Worx “More Month Than Money” survey.

The first step in shaping your financial future lies in addressing the 3 expenses that could be absorbing more than 60% of your disposable income

FNB is expanding its banking apps to allow customers to set and track their savings.

FNB has gone the platform-building route by complementing its financial services with third party products as it expands the nav» functionality on its app.

Zimbabweans will be allowed to withdraw up to $1000 (about R14000) in cash a day from foreign currency accounts.

Standard Bank has been prevented from deducting money from its customers' accounts to settle debts without their permission.

Financial independence is the freedom of not having to worry about working or being dependent on anyone else for your income.

FINANCIAL RESCUE: Getting into debt can happen so quickly. Your circumstances change and you start living on loans, picking up one loan, and then another.

The South African Savings Institute (Sasi) has thrown down the gauntlet to young people.

Catering to our desire for instant gratification, recent technological advances have made our lives easier and more efficient.

As we approach the middle of the year, we are presented with an opportunity to reflect on our new year financial resolutions.

For some of us, the thought of coming up with a financial plan is somewhat like going to the dentist: we delay for as long as we can.

WORDS ON WEALTH: People need to become better educated about money - for their benefit, but also for the benefit of the economy.

Finding affordable solutions for the “missing millions” of South Africans who don't have access to cheap life cover led to the launch of uKheshe Life.

A small team of Cape Town entrepreneurs who invested R22 000 in 2006 to start up a business saw a phenomenal return on their founding capital.