February, not all roses and romance for the South African economy
3rd February 2021
February is a significant month for South Africans, but perhaps not for the right reasons. ...
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Buckle up for 2021, it’s going to be busy!
29th January 2021
Welcome to 2021, the year in which the ride of 2020 looks set to continue. Who could have...
Mercury launches 11 new currencies
8th December 2020
Mercury launches 11 new currencies online! In our ongoing battle to ‘be...
Trump, Biden and Brexit: How they will affect markets and your pocket
2nd November 2020
Every year, around Halloween time there seem to be a series of major events lined up, as if planned...
Investing in an infected world
15th September 2020
Friday 28 August 2020 marked day 154 of lockdown in South Africa, albeit a lighter, easier lockdown...
Mercury joins the Open Payments Coalition
18th June 2020
Handling international currency receipts and payments has always been a service delivered by high...
Australian House Prices – Gone in 60 Minutes?
26th September 2018
Speculation of an Australian house price crash has reached fever pitch with dire predictions of a...
Rand uncertainty as the turmoil in Turkey continues
29th August 2018
Emerging market currencies are not having a good year. First it was the Argentinian Peso in May...
Long Term Pain Ahead for the Rand
26th October 2017
SA’s Medium Term Budget points to Long Term Pain Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba...
Rand in for a bumpy ride.
24th September 2017
The SARB left the repo rate unchanged at 6.75% after the MPC meeting on Thursday. This was...
Where is sterling headed?
9th August 2017
Bank of England Governor, Mark Carney, spooked the market on Thursday with comments about wages and...
Checking in on Global Markets
22nd May 2017
It’s May which means the “Sell in May, and go away” adage is being debated again...
A month of ups & downs – a look at April’s currency action
3rd May 2017
How did the sterling perform in April? GBP/EUR The pound rallied against the euro after...
Vive le Macron?
24th April 2017
Euro bulls have cheered the results from the first round of the French elections. Emmanuel Macron...
Everything you need to know about Article 50
30th March 2017
On Wednesday Britain formerly gave the European Union notice that it will be leaving the Union...
How low can the rand go?
27th March 2017
In January last year it seemed like it was all over for the rand. Fifteen months later and it&rsquo...
Chancellor Hammond's Taxing Budget
10th March 2017
While it would be easy to start speculating on the pounds fluctuation since the budget speech on...
Donald's Dollar
7th March 2017
With Donald Trump in office, many are asking what this means for the seemingly all powerful USD...