Latest articles on Capitec

Digital banking offers an entry point to the fourth industrial revolution

Article Jack Kelly - 1 May 2020

Digital and mobile offerings have the potential to disrupt the banking industry in South Africa

New shots fired in banking wars

Article Yolandi Groenewald - 24 May 2019

Consumers can only benefit as the big four banks give in to pressure from low-fee upstarts and digital newcomers

The battle of the banks

Article Lynley Donnelly - 18 Jan 2019

Several new entrants will spark a war of attrition rather than a full-frontal assault and customers will be the winners

Wary consumers start saving

Article Gemma Ritchie - 5 Oct 2018

The number of new accounts has risen but tough times have forced others to borrow

Titans face off in banks case

Article Lynley Donnelly - 3 Aug 2018

Before the court battle over rand-rigging begins, the tribunal must settle a number of preliminary skirmishes

PASA cracks down on debit order fraud

Article Staff Reporter - 2 Aug 2018

DebiCheck — now live across ten banks – will be a debit order fraud game changer

FNB narrowly beats Capitec for top spot in digital banking survey

Article Agency - 26 Jun 2018

The report found that FNB came first not because of customers' rising satisfaction with the bank, but because of decreasing happiness with Capitec

African Bank CEO up for a challenge

Article Staff Reporter - 20 Apr 2018

Critical to success is a roll-out of transactional offerings and securing refinancing

Reports erode faith in Resilient

Article Staff Reporter - 16 Feb 2018

Its share price has plummeted and investors are waiting for the results of an investigation

Viceroy comes up short on Capitec

Article Staff Reporter - 2 Feb 2018

JP Verster was right about African Bank and Steinhoff but disagrees with Viceroy’s latest report

Viceroy: Capitec is ‘a wolf in sheep’s clothing’

Article Jan Cronje - 30 Jan 2018

In a new 33-page report, published and uploaded to the Viceroy website, the short sellers said they did not buy Capitec’s 'good news story'.

Consumers fret over debit orders

Article Tebogo Tshwane - 8 Dec 2017

Banks are usually blamed but a professional body is taking steps to stop fraud

New kids disrupt SA banking

Article Thalia Holmes - 13 Oct 2017

Fledgling banks can offer client-centric systems that are leaner than their traditional counterparts

Unsecured lending ‘has had a bad rap’

Article Thalia Holmes - 7 Oct 2016

Capitec, in September last year, said it would reduce interest rates on longer-term unsecured loans from 28% to about 20% over the next five years.

Trust in the Capitec brand pulls bank through tough times

Article Staff Reporter - 29 Sep 2014

Despite a downgrading and the fall of unsecured lender African Bank, the latest figures show that Capitec is displaying remarkable tenacity.

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