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INSIDE YOUR POCKET - Floatpays State of Employee Wellbeing Barometer finds 74% of respondents are financially stressed.

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Given the dismal economic quagmire we currently find ourselves in, should National Savings Month be cancelled this year? Not necessarily. This is according to Simon Ward, founder and CEO of on-demand earned wage access provider and Fintech start-up, Floatpays. Ward says that South Africans were already in an extremely tight financial spot before globally rising food and energy costs and unprecedented inflation.
7 Jul 2022 4AM English South Africa Business News · Investing

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