Technology and its impact on the financial world - RFS Administrators (Pty) Ltd

Technology and its impact on the financial world

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Accounting has moved from pen and paper to the cloud, monthly payments can be done through online banking apps, and big purchases like houses and other property can be completed using cryptocurrency. For a business to be successful, it is important that is keeps up with the tech and digital world, which has shown financial and time efficiency. The added advantage is that bulky computers, heavy stacks of coffee-stained documents and long queues are a thing of the past.

  • Clouds now manage your information

Personal information, including security, is no longer stored on the ground where everyone else would have been able to access it. As businesses have transferred everything to the cloud, IT systems have evolved accordingly to manage information and keep abreast of current trends.

There is always opportunity to make the cloud system faster, to become more innovative and to add features that enable efficiency in a competitive marketplace. Information is readily available and up-to-date, and this improves financial decision-making speed.

  • You can be everywhere by being right where you are

Tech efficiency has evolved so much just by providing a solution to what people don’t have time to do. Business owners no longer have the time to rush out of the office to make it to the bank on time, and as such, tech has provided apps for services that were time-sensitive.

With this comes safety. Deposits of large sums can now be cashless, through streamlined payments. Other advantages of conducting online payments are integrated billing and mobile payments, right from where you are.

  • Coffee won’t mess on your files

The need to print documents has decreased significantly due to the ease of storing them on internal drives and other tech software. Tax submissions are also catered for electronically because they can be calculated and completed by cloud accounting systems and submitted online. You can also make quicker payments through faster online invoicing.

This article is a general information sheet and should not be used or relied upon as professional advice. No liability can be accepted for any errors or omissions nor for any loss or damage arising from reliance upon any information herein. Always contact your adviser for specific and detailed advice. Errors and omissions excepted (E&OE).

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