06/26/2015
SOUTH African banks face increased bad-debt levels and costs because of the country’s "own goals", including power cuts and the threat of a ratings downgrade, according to the head of First National Bank (FNB), Jacques Celliers.
06/25/2015
There are security intelligence when using alternative banking channels
06/25/2015
The bank said that in the 12 months leading up to March 2015, the average year-on-year growth was 15.48 percent
06/25/2015
DO NOT be fooled by the buoyant first-half corporate-bond issuance in South Africa.
06/25/2015
South African banks face increased bad-debt levels and costs because of the country’s “own goals,” including power cuts and the threat of a ratings downgrade, according to the head of First National Bank, Jacques Celliers.
06/25/2015
Standard Chartered Plc is facing a challenge for the title of Africa’s top loan arranger from a local bank about 1/20th of its size.
06/25/2015
SA was plagued by protracted strikes, power disruptions and weak demand — factors that dented investor confidence.
06/24/2015
DESPITE witnessing exceptional growth in development finance in recent years, Africa is still faced with the arduous task of mobilising adequate resources to fund its growth and future transformation agenda.
06/24/2015
A Concluding Statement describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the end of an official staff visit (or 'mission'), in most cases to a member country
06/24/2015
Using a combination of social and economic indicators, Emirates NBD Research have assessed the long-term outlook for economies across the Middle East and North Africa
06/24/2015
Conversely, an overall majority of South African bank customers (64%) feel vulnerable when conducting online transactions.
06/24/2015
An exclusive new report published for The Hotel Show Dubai 2015 reveals that Dubai is leading the Middle East and Africa for new hotel developments with 96 total projects and 36,523 rooms in the pipeline.
06/24/2015
The highly fragmented sector is unable to service the financing needs of some major infrastructure projects.
06/23/2015
In terms of their overall quality, Lafferty Bank Ratings reports that Nigerian banks rank well among banks across the world.
06/23/2015
Africa will continue to record strong growth in 2015, according to new GDP figures forecasted by the International Monetary Fund.
06/23/2015
Africa will continue to record strong growth in 2015
06/23/2015
Ultra wealthy individuals are buying up luxury homes around the world to further diversify their holdings, according to a new report by Wealth-X and the Sotheby's International Realty® brand released today.
06/22/2015
EMILIO Pera is financial services sector leader at EY.
06/19/2015
Over the past six years, there have been substantial withdrawals from offshore client accounts, to the tune of as much as CHF350 billion.
06/19/2015
Episodes of social unrest seem to have escalated in many parts of the world in recent years. Few would disagree that one of the causes for this has been an increase in levels of inequality.