Paymenow in the media
All the news and updates as shared by the media
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MEDIA ARTICLE
- IOL
- 17 August 2023
Women continue to bear the brunt of South Africa’s disturbingly high unemployment statistics with an official unemployment rate of 35.7 percent compared to men’s 30 percent.
They also get the short end of the stick when it comes to pension contributions, paid leave, paid sick leave, and UIF contributions.
MEDIA ARTICLE
- THE CITIZEN
- 30 July 2023
After attending Africa Tech Week, Paul Nel, Innovation Studio Lead at LevelUp My Business, spoke to The Citizen News about how technology can boost small business growth.
Technology is empowering businesses, enabling them to address one of the most fundamental functions of entrepreneurship: providing a solution to a problem. In this article, Nel tells us how Paymenow Group is leading the way in the realm of Fintech by helping businesses improve, grow, and empower themselves.
INTERVIEW
- RADIO INTERVIEW
- 15 July 2023
our Head of Marketing, Denise Neethling spoke to Rise FM’s Wandile Mazibuko about how Paymenow Group is enabling users to save.
Take a listen! ▶
MEDIA ARTICLE
- IT ONLINE
- 10 July 2023
July is National Savings Month in South Africa, reminding us of the importance of saving and exploring tools that can help us do so effectively.
South Africans struggle with saving due to low household saving ratios, which have been largely negative since 2006. The cost of living, interest rates, and inflation make it challenging for the average person to save. Many turn to credit to meet basic needs, thus increasing debt and perpetuating the cycle.
Paymenow Group‘s Head of Marketing, Denise Neethling, shares insights on how our financial inclusion platform can help your employees adopt healthier financial habits.
MAGAZINE FEATURE
- SPECIAL FEATURE
- June 2023
Our co-founder Bryan Habana talks about and his journey with Paymenow over the last 4 years.
INTERVIEW - General News
- 7 June 2023
Our Head of Marketing, Denise Neethling, spoke with Gareth Edwards from eNCA about managing employees’ mental health and the factors contributing to South African business owners reporting the highest levels of overall well-being.
MEDIA ARTICLE
- IT ONLINE
- 6 June 2023
A global small-business owner wellness survey finds that managing employees mental health is a significant cause of stress among owners.
MEDIA ARTICLE
- IT ONLINE
- 12 April 2023
The slight ease in headline inflation over the past few months, driven mainly by slightly reduced fuel costs, masks a rampant inflationary environment for South African consumers that disproportionately impacts lower-income households.
By Deon Nobrega, CEO of Paymenow
MEDIA ARTICLE
- IT ONLINE
- 26 March 2023
Paymenow, an earned wage access (EWA) platform developed in South Africa, is driving expansion into Africa.
After successfully launching in Namibia together with the Hungry Lion Restaurant chain in 2022, Paymenow is now expanding its operations in Namibia. To support its Namibian expansion, Paymenow has engaged with payroll-integration experts Lynkwise, who will provide in-country technical assistance.
MEDIA ARTICLE
- Digital Street
- 6 March 2023
Earned Wage Access (EWA) platform Paymenow has partnered with Franc, a globally recognised investment platform, to make saving and investing easy for everyday South Africans. Paymenow’s salary linked savings feature allows users to save money directly from their available earned wage balance into a Franc powered interest-bearing Money Market fund. This great new benefit is available to all Paymenow users.
MEDIA ARTICLE
- IT Web
- 1 March 2023
arned Wage Access (EWA) platform, Paymenow, is readying to roll out in Zambia through an alliance with financial services provider Izwe.
MEDIA ARTICLE
- Engineering News
- 9 January 2023
Earned wages access (EWA) financial technology (fintech) solutions are helping consumers make payments in real-time for services, such as electricity and telecommunications, while also providing employees with access to their wages to respond to persistent cost-of-living increases by enabling them to access a portion of their earned wages ahead of the payment date..
RADIO INTERVIEW
- Channel Africa
- 7 December 2022
Head of Marketing, Denise Neethling spoke to Channel Africa’s Naledi Moleo about how employers can help their employees stay on top of finances and avoid the debt spiral this Festive Season.
Take a listen:
RADIO INTERVIEW - Moneyweb
- 4 November 2022
RADIO INTERVIEW
- Power FM: Power Business show
- 4 November 2022
Paymenow’s Head of Commercial Partnerships, William Small-Smith spoke to Tumisang Ndlovu on the Power Business show on Power FM about how Earned Wage Access (EWA) is ticking all the right boxes when it comes to enhancing your employee value proposition.
EWA has been successfully rolled out in the US, UK and Europe, however, Paymenow South Africanised this amazing employee benefit tool. This interview focuses on this and other key findings as published in the recent J.P. Morgan report, which was co-authored by Paymenow.
PODCAST
- 665. Insights
- 23 September 2022
Paymenow Group Head of Marketing Denise Neethling joined an international panel on the 11:FS Fintech Insider Podcast hosted by Benjamin Ensor to discuss ‘Should everyone get paid when they need it?’
The conversation stretches from the current standing of the earned wage access market, the positive and empowering impact it has to the challenges it faces and how the market will grow in the future, this is a conversation all employers need to hear.
Listen here:
RADIO INTERVIEW
- Cape Talk
- 5 September 2022
From Springbok legend to co-founder of the first and market leading earned wage access company in South Africa. Join Bryan Habana – Chief Commercial Officer of Paymenow ‘In the Chair’ with Lester Kiewit on The Morning Review, CapeTalk as he discusses his journey from the rugby field into the boardroom.
Listen here:
MEDIA ARTICLE
- City Press
- 5 September 2022
From gender pay gaps, single parenthood, cost of living and debt traps to how financial innovative solutions like earned wage access assist indebted and struggling workers. Take a look at our thought leadership piece “Ways to empower women for financial independence” as appeared in City Press – News24 South Africa.
RADIO INTERVIEW
- SAfm
- 19 August 2022
Listen to the interview to learn how Paymenow helps employees avoid expensive and unsecured credit and offers access to a portion of their already earned wages.
INTERVIEW
- SABC NEWS
- 14 July 2022
Petrol and transport fares going up, putting huge pressure on many, which will continue to contribute to an increased cost of living for South Africans who are already struggling to make ends meet. Bryan Habana, Chief Commercial Officer here at Paymenow Group speaks to Bongiwe Zwane of SABC News about how Paymenow’s data demonstrates the real pressure South African employees are under by just having to get to work throughout the month. Take a look:
MEDIA ARTICLE
- IOL
- 21 June 2022
Many young professionals and new entrants in the job market are falling into a debt cycle that can be expensive and take a lifetime to escape. Could gamification be the tool to get the youth financially literate?
RADIO INTERVIEW - 702
- 16 June 2022
Co-founder of Paymenow, Bryan Habana, sat down with The Money Show on Radio 702 to discuss how South Africa’s employed youth are losing their financial footing and how on demand pay is changing the game. Take a listen:
MEDIA ARTICLE
- BIZ Community
- 16 May 2022
Along with providing access to earned wages before payday to allow employees to handle financial emergencies and avoid taking on unnecessary debt, Paymenow now offers direct access to affordable private healthcare and home necessities.
MEDIA ARTICLE
- IT ONLINE
- 23 March 2022
With the price of petrol in South Africa expected to approach R24 per litre in April, stats gathered from the Paymenow user base show that those workers who have requested early payments have done so mainly to cover their transport costs. Since January 2022 between 46% and 48% of accessed wages have been for transport costs.
MEDIA ARTICLE
- IOL
- 3 February 2022
Talks of the ‘great resignation’ have been rising since the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the chief executive of earned wage access group Paymenow, Deon Nobrega, 2022 is shaping up to be a year of reckoning where employees and organisations both determine what is important for them and how they can continue to work together.
RADIO INTERVIEW - 702
- 26th January 2022
Most people know the pain of the week before payday and counting the last coins to take you till payday.
Some have approached microloan lenders, loan sharks who charge high interests and people end up having a lack of debt.
Clement Manyathela speaks to PayMeNow CEO Deon Nobrega about alternatives for loan sharks.
INTERVIEW - SABC News
- 10th January 2022
South Africans are encouraged to find new ways to increase their income this year. That’s according to the South African Savings Institute which also promotes a savings culture. Consumers are grappling with major salary cuts and wage freezes since the hard COVID-19 lockdown which pushed many companies into financial difficulty.
INTERVIEW - General News
- 6th January 2022
Businesses must assist employees to avoid unnecessary debt, that’s according to Paymenow. It says assisting employees with financial education is of paramount importance. Bryan Habana, head of business development at Paymenow, elaborates on the role employers can play in breaking that end of year debt cycle.
INTERVIEW - Ray White
- 6th January 2022
The fun of a Dezemba break often ends in the tears of the Janu-worry blues. Ray White talks to former Springbok Bryan Habana, co-founder of the Earned Wages Access platform Paymenow.
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INTERVIEW - Bruce Whitefield
- 6th January 2022
ARTICLE - Vernon Pillay
- 20th December 2021
Paymenow’s Head of Business Development, Bryan Habana, says we should not forget that along with Christmas presents and holiday costs, January rolls around quickly with its hikes in bills and premiums.
INTERVIEW - Angela McCann
- 28th September 2021
EWA is an emerging employee benefit that provides workers on-demand access to wages they have earned but not yet been paid on. But is EWA just payday lending in disguise? Deon Nobrega and Bryan Habana chat with The Jampod Gigsters to discuss.
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INTERVIEW - Channel Africa
- 24th September 2021
The world is now entering the age of earned wage access that promises to break debt cycles for millions of employees around the world. Channel Africa interviews Bryan Habana
ARTICLE - Schalk Burger
- 14th September 2021
An earned wage access (EWA) solution allows employees to access a portion of their earned wages at any time during the month, rather than borrowing from their employer or taking out unsecured loans to cover living expenses, says EWA financial technology organisation Paymenow co-founder and MD Deon Nobrega. Read Full Article
RADIO INTERVIEW - Ryk van Niekerk
- 24th August 2021
Bryan Habana maak sy merk in die fintech-wêreld
PRESS RELEASE - Deon Nobrega & Bryan Habana
- 24th August 2021
The recent riots and looting have affected the local retail industry particularly badly as malls and retailers were heavily targeted. Employers can help their employees recover faster, however, using a relatively new employee benefit called earned wage access (EWA). Read Full Article
PRESS RELEASE - Tech Talk
- 16th August 2021
Independent research conducted by 60_decibels indicates the difficulty South African blue-collar workers are faced with on a monthly basis to stretch their wages through to the end of the month. Read Full Article
MEDIA ARTICLE - Sean Bacher
- 29th July 2021
In this edition of his Appdate, SEAN BACHER highlights Sanlam Savings Jar, MiVoice, Zapper for parking, Paymenow, and FNB’s Smart inContact authorisation. Read Full Article
MEDIA ARTICLE - Deon Nobrega
- 21st July 2021
Saving may seem like a pipe dream at the moment, given the economic climate in the aftershock of several consecutive Covid-19 lockdowns and unrest in parts of the country. Read Full Article
MEDIA ARTICLE - Tom Jackson
- 10th June 2021
Now retired, Habana has taken a relatively unusual post-rugby route by getting his hands dirty and helping to build a fintech startup Paymenow, which allows employees responsible early access to their wages. Read Full Article
MEDIA ARTICLE - IT-Online
- 24th May 2021
Home-grown start-up Paymenow is now offering its 50,000+ users the ability to buy food from Shoprite directly in the Paymenow app. Read Full Article
MEDIA ARTICLE - Bryan Habana
- 10th April 2021
Although the economy seems to be coming out of the doldrums, life is still tough out there and many people have lost their livelihoods, if not their lives, as a result of Covid-19. Read Full Article
