Advisory

Anton Schaffer2024-10-03T13:11:30+02:00

South Africa’s largest English language print media company, Independent Media, needed to provide a more cutting-edge experience for smartphone users of the IOL online news site. Critical global research was conducted on the browsing behaviour of online news readers as well as the current performance standards of news platforms. After finding a direct correlation between increased web traffic volumes and page loading times, the decision was taken to redevelop IOL Mobile for speed, with faster page loading times than competitors. Combining their expertise, Saratoga was tasked with creating an industry leading news browsing service for mobile.

The Solution

At the time, the first...

Anton Schaffer2024-10-03T13:11:36+02:00

The signing of the FATCA Inter-Governmental Agreement between South Africa and the USA and the subsequent introduction of the FATCA provisions by SARS caused a great deal of change in the financial services market. Insurance and investment companies specifically were affected as these changes impacted a range of internal processes, internal training and risk monitoring. The first reporting needed to be completed by the end of the 2015 financial year and this represented a significant challenge to our client. Although their FATCA compliance project had already started, it consisted of several work streams, some impacting on multiple business and servicing units....