03/10/2017
South Africa's FirstRand H1 profit up on auto finance boost
Wesbank, its auto finance business, posted a 9 percent rise in earnings, outpacing a 2 and 3 percent growth in retail and investment banking units, respectively
Retail Banking
03/10/2017
Union Bank wins most efficient Bank in e-reference operations award
The improvement in our banking operations is clearly evidenced by the growth in the daily transactions on our online banking channels.
03/09/2017
Zenith Bank’s Impressive Performance
The challenges manifested in the financial results of many companies for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.
03/08/2017
Access Bank earnings review
Gross earnings also rose 13 per cent year-on-year to 381 billion naira.
03/08/2017
Ecobank Ghana Partners Ria Money Transfer
As a bank, we continue to intensify our efforts to serve customers better by providing convenience and accessibility and we do this through strategic partnerships with selected institutions, locally and internationally.
03/07/2017
Ecobank vital to Needbank’s African growth strategy
The middle of an overhaul in which it will carve itself into four parts and cut its 54 per cent stake in Nedbank to a minority holding to simplify its structure.
03/07/2017
Zambian Bank taps Kenyan innovation
Banks an opportunity to deploy new innovations such as utilities payment, mobile banking, Internet banking and other channels.
03/06/2017
Standard Bank prioritises Liberty turnaround
Insurance subsidiary drags on banking group’s performance.
03/06/2017
Capitec is adding 120,000 new customers each month
The bank chalks up its successes to a simplified and affordable product offering.
03/06/2017
The Mpumalanga government is in the process of finalising the establishment of the small and medium entrepreneurs Fund.
The value of loan applications that Mega received stands at R72.7-million.
03/05/2017
Access Bank’s Dolapo Ogundimu Voted Most Reputable Bank CEO in Ghana
Ogundimu, who has schooled at both Harvard and Columbian Business School, was also formerly MD of Access Bank Plc Nigeria and Guaranty Trust Bank Ghana before taking up his current position in 2012
03/03/2017
Qatar International Islamic Bank, CIH to Launch Islamic Bank in Morocco
Licensing for the “Umnia Bank” had already been issued by the Central Bank of Morocco.
03/03/2017
Bank of Kigali 2017 pricing policy to promote good corporate governance
They will not only find it easy to access credit but also access it at lower than usual lending rates.
03/03/2017
KCB Bank Rwanda launches campaign to boost access to services
They will share their knowledge on how best banks can work with citizens to improve access to finance and financial inclusion.
03/03/2017
Standard Bank African operations contributes 30% of income
The group’s banking activities headline earnings grew by 9% to ZAR22 062 million and delivered an ROE of 16.8%, up from 16.3% in the prior year.
03/02/2017
As banks swerve merger moves what next?
A minimum of two years was provided to meet the requirements.
03/02/2017
The best and worst banks in South Africa in 2017
Perceived Quality Index and a Perceived Value Index to achieve an overall result out of 100.
03/01/2017
Agency Banking - Stanbic to Hire 1000 Agents
To Stanbic and the entire financial sector, agency banking will cut the cost of doing business which will improve performance and pave way for gains in terms of new jobs and other benefits
03/01/2017
Zenith Bank to raise N100bn capital, propose N2.02 final dividend
The profit was 22.7 per cent higher than N105.7 billion made in the same period of 2015
03/01/2017
FG Appoints Board of Directors, Management Team for Development Bank of Nigeria, DBN
The DBN will make fund accessible to development banks who will in turn provide loans to MSMEs at low interest rates.