Kaelo Articles
Kaelo Money Journeys Chapter 2: Emergency wallet situation and where it helps
John Smith experiences an emergency and borrows R1000 from a loan shark as he has no other choice.At the end of the month, John is told he now owes the loans shark R2000.He realizes that he does not have the funds to repay this R2000 and as such now owes the loan...
Why you need Kaelo Clinics at your workplace
An employee is more productive the healthier they are. Putting Occupational Health and Safety first provides a number of important advantages, including, keeping a keen eye on working conditions to spot and remove dangers, determine the degree of risk connected to...
Kaelo Money – The Financial Stress cycle and how to break it
A number of economic studies have exhibited a cyclical link between financial stress and mental health problems Financial difficulties lead to mental health problems, associated with these are increased levels of absenteeism, presenteeism and staff turnover. As a...
The Financial Wellness Platform
At the click of a button, employees can access a Financial Wellness tab with multiple tools to assist with their financial health and wellness. Included in this is a personalised financial coach, that can assist with budgeting, debt counselling as well as further...
Smart Vouchering
It is a solution which allows the employer to distribute employee gifts and prizes, pay once-off bonuses and make any “out of payroll cycle” immediate payments to employees. This can be facilitated via an SMS Cash voucher or a Direct Bank Payment. The process is as...
Providing Access
The two key pillars within Kaelo Money are providing access, specifically to the underserved and most at-risk employees, as well as driving financial wellness and financial education to these employees.Through multiple economic studies, we have seen that employees...
Driving Financial Wellness
The two key pillars within Kaelo Money are providing access, specifically to the underserved and most at-risk employees, as well as driving financial wellness and financial education to these employees.This is driven through the platform. We have seen an increase of...
How Kaelo Money assists employees in consolidating debt
One of Kaelo Money's main focuses is to help employees escape unscrupulous moneylenders and other expensive debt. A key mechanism within this is using Kaelo Money to consolidate debt. They can use Kaelo Money to replace existing expensive and perpetuating debt with...
How Kaelo Money drives financial coach utilisation
Through the constant reminders and engagement with the Kaelo Money platform, whether this be through the financial coach reminders upon every extension request (through the Emergency Wallet, Earned Wage Access Platform and Marketplace), the lending pattern identifier...
Why Earned Wage Access by itself is not enough
Employees would have full exposure to loan sharks as they would have no means of consolidating a portion or the entire debt amounts This amount is not sufficient to cover large expenses and debts and still leaves employees exposed to...