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#WomenInTech Interview Series: Meet Bhavana Harrilal, Front-End developer at 22seven

May 21, 2021

Bhavana studied Computer Science at the University of Cape Town, served as a lecturer in designing interactive online media, and is now a very talented Front-End developer at 22seven. Join us as she shares her perspectives on introducing diversity within the workplace, computer science as a field of study, and what her experience has been like as a woman in tech.

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#WomenInTech Interview Series: Meet Marisa Breedt, product designer at Over by GoDaddy

January 26, 2021

In the third of our #WomenInTech interviews, Marisa Breedt shares her thoughts on imposter syndrome and gender bias and discusses the growth of design within the tech industry.

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#WomenInTech Interview Series: Meet Karen Nadasen, CEO of PayU South Africa

December 14, 2020

Karen Nadasen is the CEO of online payment service provider, PayU South Africa. Nominated for IT Personality of the Year 2017 and listed among the 100 Most Influential Young South Africans 2017, Karen was also the Regional Winner (SADC) of Africa’s Most Influential Women in Business and Government 2018.

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Manual payment processing: Common pain points and how to resolve them

November 17, 2020

Despite an increasing adoption of digital technology within the payments industry, there are many SMEs who are not keeping up with their competitors. In fact, some will get left behind permanently unless they act now to embrace and adopt automated payment processing technology.

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Sign up to the subscriptions economy

September 15, 2020

While South Africa has traditionally lagged behind the first world in its adoption of ecommerce, the global economic shift towards ecommerce as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic has seen many SA companies revisiting their digital strategies to remain competitive in a changing economic landscape.

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#WomenInTech Interview Series: Meet Alexandria Procter, CEO and co-founder of DigsConnect

September 4, 2020

Alexandria Procter is the CEO and co-founder of DigsConnect, South Africa’s largest digital student accommodation marketplace. This is her journey. In the first of BankTech’s #WomenInTech interviews, Alexandria shares her experience of building up SA’s largest digital student accommodation marketplace.

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Championing the Change: Women In Tech

August 28, 2020

The tech industry is crying out for a gender shake-up! Despite ongoing calls to close the existing gender gap, the global struggle to train, recruit and retain women within the tech industry remains. That is why BankTech is committed to championing the change we want to see: girls doing it for themselves and smashing it within the tech arena!

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Three reasons to go remote with your customer billing business collections

July 9, 2020

You’re a small business owner with existing customers and new prospects. You may just be getting started or perhaps you already have a working system in place to receive regular payments from clients for your services and/or products. Either way, your priority is quite simply getting paid, on time, every time.

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A Bank or Non-Bank Payments Partner: Your Questions Answered

June 6, 2020

Business owners often ask us to explain the benefits of using a System Operator (SO), such as BankTech, to collect and make recurring payments. Here are our top FAQs that simplify the differences between bank and non-bank services within the collections framework.

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Sluggish adoption of DebiCheck is a cause for concern

February 17, 2020 (updated: May 13 2020)

In the face of rising debit order abuse, payment innovator BankTech calls on South African businesses to migrate their existing debit order collection facilities to DebiCheck.

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Is DebiCheck the hero to defeat debit order fraud?

May 20, 2020 (edited October 2, 2020 by the editorial team)

DebiCheck is an initiative developed to help combat the rising levels of debit order fraud nationwide. There are several reasons why DebiCheck is now the preferred debit order type for both consumers and businesses of all sizes.

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Debit order collections facilities – which is best for you and your business?

May 13, 2020

BankTech’s Collections Engine offers a practical debit order collections solution that helps businesses process and collect recurring payments faster and more efficiently, using the latest financial technology that can be seamlessly tailored to suit their unique customer preferences.

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Recurring Collections 101 – the small business owner's guide to getting paid

March 26, 2020

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The recurring billing model: a no-brainer for small businesses

February 10, 2020

In the last decade, the global financial services industry has seen significant transformation led by four primary factors— an evolving regulatory landscape, digital disruption, a slow-down in economic growth and growing consumer indebtedness.