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Nedbank and Mastercard team on WhatsApp payments for small businesses 3 hours ago
2 South Africa s Nedbank has teamed up with Mastercard and local fintech player Ukheshe to let customers pay small businesses via WhatsApp. Once registered, small and microbusinesses can use the service, called Money Message, to send a WhatsApp request-to-pay message to customers with a valid South African identity document and bank account.
For first-time users, a notification is sent via SMS prompting them to register for the service. The customer puts in their name and registers their card details and can then make payments within WhatsApp via their cellphone number or a QR code.
The remaster of a cult favourite 2010 PS3 game has topped the UK retail charts this week.
Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139 tops the charts, knocking FIFA 21 down to No.2. The last Nier game that was released came in March 2017 in the form of the acclaimed Nier Automata. This remake sold 50% fewer copies than Automata.
89% of sales were on PS4 and 11% on Xbox One. Digital sales are not included.
Ultimately, it s a very quiet week for the boxed games market. Just 137,000 physical games were sold last week across the UK. It s so quiet that there s even a PC game in the Top Ten. Football Manager 2021, which sells primarily on digital platforms, is at No.6 after a 66% sales increase. The game benefitted from a £20 price promotion at UK retailers (namely, Currys).
Welcome to a brand new week packed with great things to do in Abu Dhabi…
Just like that, it’s Sunday. But it doesn’t have to be a dreary work week. Not if you pack it with exciting things to do, and, yes, there’s plenty you can do in the capital.
Here are some great things to do in Abu Dhabi this week.
Sunday April 25
Looking for an iftar to enjoy with the girls? Head to No. FiftySeven Boutique Café for an iftar experience like no other. The colourful event is a collaboration between Benefit Cosmetics and Retail Abu Dhabi. Apart from great food and drinks, which you will enjoy in a pretty Instagrammable setting, there are games like Jenga, Connect Four, Scrabble and more. And yes, there will be giveaways, too. It will cost Dhs200 per person and reservations can be made on 02 441 6100.
Companies are facing a labor shortage, despite a 6% unemployment rate. AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh
Experts say that a number of factors are making it difficult for companies to hire, despite an unemployment rate of 6%.
Enhanced unemployment benefits, workers concerns about catching COVID-19, and the rapid reopening of businesses are all cutting into the number of potential candidates. Even before the pandemic, many lower-paying jobs were struggling to hire. We re going to go back to that really competitive marketplace for labor, said Marc Wulfraat, the president of logistics consulting firm MWPVL. It s going to be a shock to companies that are paying low wages, Wulfraat added. They re going to be the ones that are hit the worst, because all that low-wage labor is going to find a home elsewhere where there s more money to be made.
A month-long national campaign to rev up wide-ranging consumption will commence on Saturday with a series of promotional activities planned across the country, the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced on Sunday, as consumer spending in the country remains relatively low compared with pre-pandemic levels and crucial for a sustained post-virus recovery for the Chinese economy.