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Banking on a better future

Banking on a better future

12 Apr 2013 00:00 - Michelle Nel
Financial institutions can play a vital role in ensuring a better environment.
Transformation debate morphs into development debate

Transformation debate morphs into development debate

12 Apr 2013 00:00 - COMMENT Stuart Theobald
Banks and communists seldom go well together.
Banking: The critical factor SMMEs ignore

Banking: The critical factor SMMEs ignore

28 Mar 2013 00:00 - Tracy Burrows
SMMEs are often so busy keeping their businesses afloat that they neglect a critical component of business success.
Cyprus turns to Russia as crisis grows

Cyprus turns to Russia as crisis grows

22 Mar 2013 00:00 - Angelique Chrisafis & Miriam Elder
A eurozone bailout seems unlikely, and plans to keep Cypriots banks afloat are getting desperate.
Banking on expanding into Africa

Banking on expanding into Africa

22 Mar 2013 00:00 - Lynley Donnelly
The growing middle class needs sophisticated banking, but analysts say it is not without risk.
Zim: Indigenisation will cause banks to divest, executive says

Zim: Indigenisation will cause banks to divest, executive says

18 Jan 2013 00:00 - Jason Moyo
With Zimbabwe's largest foreign investors having fallen in line with the country's indigenisation policy
No interest in 'poor man's account'

No interest in 'poor man's account'

09 Nov 2012 11:53 - Lynley Donnelly
Low-cost Mzansi accounts are losing ground to bank-branded products that are cheaper and more appropriate for low-income customers.
Call for ethics probe into UK banks

Call for ethics probe into UK banks

10 Aug 2012 12:26 - Jill Treanor
Standard Chartered is the latest to be accused of unethical practices by US regulators, sparking market flight.

JP Morgan: The bank that choked on a whale

03 Aug 2012 10:28 - Eleni Giokos
Greedy for large profits, JP Morgan laid itself open and a single trader cost it $5.8-billion. Eleni Giokos reports.
Zanu-PF sees no reason to spare banks

Zanu-PF sees no reason to spare banks

13 Jul 2012 09:59 - Jason Moyo
David Chapfika, one of the men lobbying for bank takeovers, has a chilling take on why they cannot be spared in the "indigenisation" drive.
Modern banking's fatal flaw

Modern banking's fatal flaw

06 Jul 2012 12:00 - Russel Lamberti
Economic events around the globe over the past five years have revealed one important fact: the modern banking system is fundamentally dysfunctional.
In the vortex of a global bank row

In the vortex of a global bank row

06 Jul 2012 06:40 - Nicholas Watt & Jill Treanor
The Tories have seized on ideas that ministers gave Barclays the nod over its manipulation of interest rates, writes Nicholas Watt and Jill Treanor.
Banks focus on affordable home loans

Banks focus on affordable home loans

15 Jun 2012 11:58 - Lisa Steyn
Financial institutions, backed by the state, are increasingly catering for this fast-growing market, writes Lisa Steyn.
Grant recipients move with the times

Grant recipients move with the times

08 Jun 2012 00:01 - Daniel Bethencourt
More and more people are opting to receive their social grants electronically rather than in cash, according to a report released this week.
South Africa's banks are healthy and wealthy

South Africa's banks are healthy and wealthy

08 Jun 2012 00:01 - Lisa Steyn
Reserves, profits and loans are on the rise but eurozone uncertainty is casting a pall over the future in South Africa, argues Lisa Steyn.
Marcus gives big five banks a hand

Marcus gives big five banks a hand

17 May 2012 02:10 - Sharda Naidoo
In an unprecedented move to bombproof SA's major lenders, a multibillion-rand emergency fund has been set up to help them weather any liquidity storm.
Banks cash in as SA borrowing soars

Banks cash in as SA borrowing soars

12 May 2012 09:01 - Lynley Donnelly
Alarm bells are not going off just yet, but experts say the rise in unsecured credit in South Africa is a worrying trend. Lynley Donnelly reports

Borrowing costs to increase

02 Mar 2012 14:46 - Sharda Naidoo
South Africa's R3.2-trillion infrastructure stimulus could come at a hefty price after Moody's credit rating agency downgraded the big five banks.
French banks come out fighting

French banks come out fighting

19 Sep 2011 09:33 - Jill Treanor
The exasperated chief executive of Société Générale, stood in front of investors in New York on Tuesday this week for some "straight talk".

Wake-up call for banking sector

26 Aug 2011 00:00 - Lisa Steyn
It is generally accepted that South African banks are well capitalised in terms of the Basel III requirements, which have to be phased in from 2013.

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