Is SA ready to go cashless?

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GUEST - Tumelo Ramugondo, Head of Credit Card at Standard Bank SA



An image shared on social media the past weekend led many to believe that Woolworths would no longer be accepting cash, which of course caused a social media. Head of Credit Card at Standard Bank SA, Tumelo Ramugondo joins us to unpack if South Africa is ready to go cashless and what are some of the payment trends the bank has seen post the Covid-19 pandemic.
8 Jan 2024 3PM English South Africa Business News · Investing

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