The North Gauteng High Court has ruled in favour of First National Bank after claims of racism from bond recalculator Emerald van Zyl.
Michael Jordaan resigned soon after an ad campaign by the bank led to a public falling out with the ANC.
Shareholders of Finance Bank are contesting the legality of FNB’s doomed acquisition in 2011.
For democracy to succeed, we need more, not less, dialogue, particularly among the youth, says Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela.
As the storm over the disastrous FNB ad campaign blows over, it’s important to examine its implications for SA as a budding democratic society.
The inclusion on a US terrorism watchlist has frozen South African charity Al Aqsa’s bank accounts.
FNB took out full-page advertisements in four national newspapers on Sunday in the aftermath of the ANC’s criticism of its "You Can Help" campaign.
FNB has been celebrated for their latest ad campaign but, as Verashni Pillay points out, they have their own sins to deal with.
First National Bank’s adverts calling for change in SA has been slammed by the ANC, with its youth league saying the campaign bordered on treason.
After 1994, South Africa’s biggest banks bent over backwards to accommodate Jacob Zuma, who regularly splurged on credit.
The country’s most extravagant presidency has overseen millions spent on an estate without a formal lease, writes Phillip de Wet.
Without Vivian Reddy’s provision of surety, FNB would not have granted a loan for President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla property.
Court documents show that President Jacob Zuma received a (relatively small) home loan from First National Bank. But the bank says that is impossible.
The head of First National Bank Islamic Finance, Ebi Patel, will retire at the end of July after 29 years of service at the bank.
In a judgment on the advertising war between FNB and Standard Bank, the Advertising Standards Authority has found both guilty of lying to customers.
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/ 20 October 2011
After an increase of 8% in bank charges in 2011, Absa remains the most expensive commercial bank in SA, with Capitec the cheapest, says Solidarity.
The main obstacle to moving accounts is the inconvenience, writes <b>Teigue Payne</b>.
An FNB house price and market strength review has shown that houses in former black townships continue to outperform all other housing segments.
Consumer confidence rose to +11 points in the second quarter of 2011, from +9 points in the preceding quarter.
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/ 24 February 2011
You can now buy this most popular of traded coins online through FNB — the first bank to sell Krugerrands online.
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/ 23 November 2010
The rights FNB had regarding the FNB Stadium in Soweto was removed with its demolition to build the new stadium, the Supreme Court of Appeal heard.
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/ 16 November 2010
Consumer confidence is positive for the fourth quarter of the year, according to the First National Bank/Bureau for Economic Research consumer confidence index released on Tuesday. “This has been the case throughout 2010, by itself rather unusual for an economy barely out of recession and at a time of much global turmoil,” said Cees Bruggemans, […]
FNB emerges as the cheapest of the big four on the back of an aggressive marketing campaign.
Henk Vermeulen of First National Bank shares with tips on how to avoid fraudsters accessing your information on social networking sites.
FNB and PayPal, a unit of eBay, said on Thursday that they have teamed up to bring international online banking services to Africa’s largest economy.
Nedbank, Capitec and FNB seem to be the banks offering some of the best products, writes <i>Maya Fisher-French.</i>
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/ 1 September 2009
The housing market may be starting to stabilise, First National Bank said on Tuesday as it released its latest House Price Index.
A reader has been having problems accessing credit in South Africa because as a non SA citizen he does not have a green ID book.
By downloading FNB Connect software, you can make calls from your computer, cellphone and landline at reduced fees.
Confidence among SA’s consumers increased in the first quarter of this year, on optimism about personal finances partly due to lower interest rates.
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/ 18 February 2009
Fifa aims to prevent black market trade in cheap tickets for the 2010 World Cup by making them only available for collection in South Africa.
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/ 22 January 2009
Winner — Enterprise Development Award: First National Bank’s Hogan Technology.