Basani Maluleke will join the innovation team to find ‘the next big thing for Capitec’
An already low sentiment will be set back by the Covid-19 pandemic, thin reforms and this week’s violence
A Just Share report on the AGMs of seven of SA’s biggest financiers found their climate commitments show promise, but timelines remain sketchy
The economy is still 2.7% smaller than it was in the first quarter of 2020
Reserve Bank launches feasibility study into a possible retail central bank digital currency, which is expected to be concluded in 2022.
Climate considerations are pressing Standard Bank shareholders to push for the recusal of those with fossil fuel ties.
The bank has received praise for setting a more ambitious climate policy than other major local banks, targeting zero fossil fuel exposure by 2045
Technology used in cryptocurrency will overhaul the banking sector and cater for the unbanked
But higher petrol and electricity prices are expected to drive up price inflation throughout the economy
The sector was badly hit by credit losses, but strong capital buffers have kept it from spiralling
But the country’s GDP growth in the fourth quarter of last year shows positive signs of recovery, at 6.3%
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has the difficult task of kick-starting a stalled economy while also cutting on spending
The pandemic has forced some companies to cancel or pause capital expenditure, jeopardising long-term economic growth
Can the stokvel, the home-grown savings institution tried and tested over the ages, go digital? At least two startup fintech companies reckon so, arguing that bringing zeros and ones to the traditional way of doing things offers a stockpile of advantages. An amount of R44-billion is collectively saved in 820 000 stokvels in the country annually, […]
Artists everywhere are self-publishing and performing through social media to get their voices heard.
It’s taken decades to knock Jo’burg’s Carlton Centre off its perch. Why did it take so long?
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The ANC’s head of economic transformation, Enoch Godongwana, told Carte Blanche viewers that some South African banks refused to put money in coal.
The African Bank, which relied on unsecured lending, has diversified its product offerings
Standard Chartered pleaded guilty to currency manipulation (which included the rand) between 2007 and 2013
A new report focuses on the role of financial institutions in the illicit movement of of money
Nedbank announced on Monday that Ernst & Young and Deloitte & Touche would take over its external auditing
South Africa’s ‘big four’ banks could have been locked out of the international payments system with ‘absolutely catastrophic’ results
Global trends towards lower fees are filtering into the local market, meaning that it’s never been this cheap to buy into the JSE
Though the ANC did not attempt to browbeat Nedbank into reversing its decision, ‘veiled threats’ were made to the bank at a subsequent meeting.
DebiCheck — now live across ten banks – will be a debit order fraud game changer
The free-spending chief executive’s British hire is set to earn a cool R5m for just six months’ work
The Tax Free Savings Account is designed to encourage a savings culture, without having to pay tax on the earned interest
Retrenchments are in the offing at the embattled bank, amid allegations of fraud of ‘epic proportions’
The report found that FNB came first not because of customers’ rising satisfaction with the bank, but because of decreasing happiness with Capitec
Its unbundling is expected to unlock value for investors and make it more competitive
The revelations are another blow to the auditing firm, which has battled to restore its credibility after allegedly assisting Gupta-linked companies