CN&CO Fin-blog recap for the week ending 9 September 2016

Team CN&CO love financial services (among other things) and we enjoy reading about what’s happening in various quarters of the industry. Here are our favourite fin-blog picks of the week:

Rob’s pick:

Why InsurTech should be like football (soccer)
…It’s got to do with the weak-links, not the strong ones

Josie’s pick:

South Africa’s rand rallies ahead of expected GDP boost
I chose it due to the positive nature of the news in an otherwise negative era we seem to be stuck in politically and economically in South Africa.

Yusuf’s pick:

Four years and $22 billion later, WhatsApp has decided ads aren’t awful, after all
“Things change, perspectives evolve, and sometimes things you said a couple years ago aren’t what you think today. Happens all the time.”

Colin’s pick:

The moment a cattle farmer’s son pulled off a technology world first
A great story about a successful SA startup in the space…

Gianluca’s pick:

If Apple can’t keep its secrets, who can?
It’s been a big week for the tech-giant, Apple. A new iPhone (7 has been announced) and with it a number of new features including water resistance and no head-phone jack. The new features weren’t exactly a secret though (which is something Apple is notorious for in keeping the reveals for their marquee events) as the rumour mill took to the web and got the crowds buzzing…

Source:
Insurance Thought Leadership
Moneyweb
Recode
CNBC Africa
Mashable