Since the beginning of September I have received more than 60 phising emails from ABSA, FNB and Standard Bank. Most of them are the same old drivel about needing to verify account info or reset a “one-time pin” or some variation of that. However, this morning I received one that is new and really clever and is bound to catch more than a few people. It is a notice from Standard Bank confirming the addition of a new private...

After having been a client of Std Bank for 19 years I finally had enough of the ridiculous bank fees that I was paying (R185 flat fee) and moved to Nedbank (R65 for the same thing and an annual saving of R1440!). The process was a lot easier than I had anticipated and is something that I should have done years ago. I did quite a bit of shopping around and apart from Capitec Bank, Nedbank was the cheapest option that I could find. They offer...