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A couple of months ago a friend of mine, said he was starting a business targeted at helping Social Enterprises. Pause Good – a new term. Curiosity lights up – “What’s a Social Enterprise Ben?” “It’
In Australia, ASIC and the ABC are on the hunt for unscrupulous Pay Day lenders. Pay Day lending is the provision of small, short terms loans to people that require financial cover to pay day. Annual ...
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It was approaching 1pm on Friday and I was due in the city for some afternoon meetings. Having finished off a couple of emails, I checked my watch and had good time to catch the ferry across the harbo...
At Moroku we spend a lot of our time trying to unlock a key riddle “If financial health is so important for so many, why are so few good at it?” The flip side to this riddle is "Why do people s...
Cash may be losing ground to alternatives but it is still 47% in Australia and 85% of all retail transactions globally. It comes down to: 1/ Anonymity - Many segments of the economy are still cash and...
Russian President Vladimir Putin heads to China tomorrow to tighten relations with Beijing as ties worsen with the West over the Ukraine crisis. Along with Oil, gas and some 100 Sukhoi-Superjets Chin ...
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What a fabulous week I have just had in Kenya. Home to many things, it is the current home of mobile money. Ask any Kenyan what mobile money is and how useful it is and you will get a very clear answe...
There is no doubting that a bank's commercial enterprise, like any business is to make money and provide returns for shareholders. At the heart of the value proposition is the removal of risk involved...
Present Bias refers to the innate human nature to value the short term over the long term. The behaviour is acutely evident in addictions where the value of say smoking a cigarette to overcome the imm...