05/28/2014
Saxo Bank sees growth in Middle East and Africa - CEO
This region has great concentration of wealth and a stronger regulatory environment now
Investment Banking
05/27/2014
Standard Bank Wins Big At Banker Magazine ‘Deals of The Year’ Awards
This, David said has placed the bank in a unique position to offer world class service to its customers
05/27/2014
Standard Bank supports Africa Day celebrations
Africa Day is celebrated annually across the Continent
05/26/2014
Umeme becomes hot investor item
Umeme Limited has shown that it is not just a banter company but rather an attractive investment
05/26/2014
AfDB extends $200m loan to Ecobank
The facility will support approximately $1,8 billion of trade transactions in Africa
05/26/2014
Standard Bank Wins Big At Banker Magazine ‘Deals of The Year’ Awards
Standard Bank Group, one of Africa’s largest banks, has won accolades from The Banker at the magazine’s annual Deals of the Year Awards 2014, with four notable deals across several regional categories.
05/22/2014
Barclays, ex-boss Diamond compete for Africa's banking promise
Gaborone and Lusaka are the unlikely settings for a battle between one of the world's most famous investment bankers and his former firm over the future of African banking.
05/22/2014
Royal Bank joins calls for BoG to review forex rules
Banks are also prohibited from granting a foreign currency-denominated loan
05/22/2014
Africa banking battle heats up
This was just five days after Barclays, the British bank where Diamond was chief executive before he was ousted in 2012
05/21/2014
African Bank’s Earnings Decline
An economic loss of 4 billion rand was reported in 2014
05/19/2014
African Development Bank steps up funding
The African Development Bank is stepping up plans to finance power and rail projects as China boosts lending on the continent by half.
05/16/2014
Russians take over Zimbabwean Bank
A Russian investment group Horizon Capital Consortium led by businessman Sergey Pokusaev has acquired a controlling stake in the diversified financial company.
05/16/2014
Bankers in SA fear political interference most
The banking industry appears to be hit harder than others by the prevalence and exposure to cyber crime and fraud
05/16/2014
Wells Fargo sets up in Aberdeen as part of expansion
Most are in Britain, where it has 721 employees, and its EMEA boss Jim Johnston said that will rise further
05/14/2014
Casablanca calling for Ondra partner
A partner at City of London advisory firm Ondra Partners has spun off his own Africa-focused company with the backing for his former employer.
05/14/2014
Barclays Africa eyes continental growth
'We’re negotiating about what we need to be successful' - Absa Capital head.
05/13/2014
Standard Bank Identifies Francophone Africa As Next Frontier for Continent's Investment Boom
The region has all the components to benefit from the next global mining and infrastructure boom
05/13/2014
FirstRand: Nxasana looks to Ghana in near term
While FirstRand was focused on organic growth in Zambia, it would also consider acquisitions
05/13/2014
Nedbank posts Q1 net interest income growth
Net interest income for the three months ended 31 March 2014
05/09/2014
Execs’ pay worries Banking Association
Standard Bank Group paid its joint chief executives, Sim Tshabalala and Ben Kruger, more than R28 million each last year