
5 Top Resources for Upskilling Yourself
In today's competitive job market, upskilling yourself and staying up-to-date in your industry are essential steps to move your career forward. Here are 5 resources we love at Franc to help you do just that.
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In today's competitive job market, upskilling yourself and staying up-to-date in your industry are essential steps to move your career forward. Here are 5 resources we love at Franc to help you do just that.
Investing can be complicated and overwhelming. Goal-based investing is an approach to wealth management that focuses on your specific financial goals. Find out why it works and how to get started.
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If you find yourself in a debt trap, and need help finding your way out, debt counselling might be a consideration for you. We explain what the debt counselling process is, advantages and disadvantages, and the costs.
Buy-now-pay-later (or BNPL) platforms have sprung up all over the place in the last few years. In this blog, we’ll explain how this payment arrangement works, what its benefits are, and what drawbacks it can have.
We’ll explore the pros and cons of investing versus paying off debt, give you some key questions to ask yourself, and explore strategies for doing both at the same time.
You may be a future scholar, aspiring academic or even hopeful professional, but finding affordable quality higher education to match your aspirations is not a given.
An investment portfolio shouldn’t be complicated or overwhelm you. Yet it’s perhaps the most important financial aspect of life that is often overlooked.
Although the latter found that 42% of South African adults were financially literate (placing us 3rd in Africa and 39th overall out of 137 countries), the SASAS study revealed a declining trend in the percentage of questions answered correctly (scores improved in only one of five categories).