03/16/2018
New boost in confidence good for banking sector
In September last year Bloomberg reported that Capitec had overtaken Nedbank as SA's 4th largest bank by value.
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03/16/2018
Foreign investors upbeat on SA’s growth
Foreign investors’ growth expectations were much higher than those of South Africans: 3%-4% compared with 2% -2.5%.
03/15/2018
10 facts about SA fund managers you should know
The findings should certainly give asset managers themselves as well as investors and financial advis0rs something to think about
03/14/2018
For billionaires in South Africa, flying first-class to Paris is like buying a chocolate
As your income increases, so do your costs, as you adopt higher standards of living.
03/14/2018
Trust companies: A South African beginning
The history goes back further than you may think.
03/14/2018
5 big new banks you can expect to see in South Africa this year
The report shows that the six largest lenders experienced their weakest credit and headline earnings growth in 10 years in 2017
03/14/2018
Africa driving its own development agenda: Standard Bank
Africa is increasingly driving is own growth agenda.
03/14/2018
Capitec increases lead among SA banks in customer satisfaction survey
FNB and newly included African Bank ranked above the industry average at 81.0, followed by Nedbank at 76.3 points.
03/14/2018
Digital banking users to hit 2bn in 2018 –Report
The firm said it expects that the number of global mobile banking users will now overtake online users in 2018, two years earlier than previously anticipated.
03/13/2018
Sim on Africa
Standard Bank CEO talks to CNN about the bank’s future.
03/13/2018
South African banks ride the uncertainty and get 11.6% growth
This came as banks impaired fewer loans across portfolios and resolved legacy issues at their corporate and investment banks, PwC said.
03/13/2018
The borrower power balance in sub-Saharan Africa
Bankers have to think innovatively on how to structure transactions and mitigate risk in order to deliver results.
03/13/2018
Asset and wealth management CEOs optimistic about growth but aware of looming disruption – PwC survey
However just 38% of the interviewed CEOs believe that robotics and alternative intelligence (AI) can improve the consumer experience.
03/13/2018
Nedbank's Ciko Thomas on the wisdom of mentors, and paying it forward
The man in charge of the retail and business banking unit that serves 8-million clients talks to Ruan Jooste about his surprising career path
03/12/2018
Banks set for stellar year
Johannes Grosskopf, the financial services leader for PwC Africa, said this year started with a revived sense of optimism and a faith that improving levels of business and consumer confidence would translate into meaningful economic gains.
03/12/2018
Banks grow 11.6 percent in year of uncertainty
PwC said 2018 had started with a “revived sense of optimism and a faith that improving levels of business and consumer confidence can translate into meaningful economic gains”.
03/12/2018
All the South African banks that have failed in the last 30 years
When the municipalities came to withdraw their funds, the bank did not have the funds to pay them.
03/09/2018
Initiative for Global Development to encourage US investment in Africa
The African Development Bank is the primary sponsor, with backing from a host of companies and organisations, such as Chevron, Procter & Gamble and the African Export-Import Bank.
03/08/2018
The best and worst banks in South Africa in 2018
The 2017 sample included 13,099 bank customers across various segments who were randomly selected to participate in the survey.
03/08/2018
African Development Bank at the centre of “a great Africa moment”
The Bank, he asserted, is uniquely positioned to support the region at a time of unprecedented transformation.