Tauriq Keraan is the chief executive officer at TymeBank, the new revolutionary digital retail banking entrant in South Africa’s financial services landscape.<\/p>\n
Keraan previously served as the bank\u2019s deputy chief executive, before taking over the lead role in 2019.<\/p>\n
He has played an instrumental role in the bank\u2019s development, being one of the founding members that led to Tyme\u2019s inception in 2012, while also playing a critical role in the market launch of TymeBank in 2019.<\/p>\n
Keraan has an MSc degree from the University of Cape Town and has for the last decade, built and scaled digital banking businesses in South Africa.<\/p>\n
TymeBank now reaches over 2.5 million customers, with its latest offering – a secure contactless card payments solution to offset the increasing risks around the Covid-19 virus.<\/p>\n
In this episode of Business Talk with Michael Avery, Keraan talks about the value of strong leadership in a time of crisis, heightened in 2020 by the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
He talks about the challenges created by the pandemic around productivity and mental health – particularly in a fragmented working environment – using the example of the ability of test cricketers to ‘switch off’ during a long innings.<\/p>\n
He also highlights the shifts seen among the bank’s clients during the last six months, and the lessons the bank has learnt from this difficult year.<\/p>\n
The full interview is embedded below. You can find all the Business Talk with Michael Avery interviews here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n