How Stablecoins are transforming payments in Africa
Transactional Series | Episode 06
Cryptocurrencies and stablecoins are driving significant shifts in the world of payments and trade. How is this playing out in Africa and beyond? Find out in this episode of our blockchain-themed podcast series, with Rob Downes, Head of Digital Assets at Absa CIB, and special guest Reece Merrick, Managing Director: Middle East and Africa at Ripple.
Absa Group
FX Series
Interest rates: cuts, consequences and currency reactions
After an interest rate cut in South Africa and a jumbo rate cut in the United States, what’s next for currencies like the rand? Find out in this episode of Coffee Break Commerce.
Absa Group
FX Series
Doctor Copper’s Foreign Exchange Prognosis
The copper price is one of the best predictors of global economic and foreign exchange (forex, or FX) trends. In this episode of Coffee Break Commerce we explain why rand investors should pay closer attention to Doctor Copper.
Absa Group
FX Series
Rands, Dollars, and Hamburgers
What is the Big Mac Index, and what is it telling us about the value of the rand? We take a bite out of this foreign exchange (forex, or FX) yardstick in the latest episode of Coffee Break Commerce.