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Transforming data into actionable insight for banking and financial services

Banking

Transforming data into actionable insight for banking and financial services

Issued by AfriGIS 3 Apr 2025

Banking

2025 CE Index reveals top performers in banking customer satisfaction

28 Feb 2025

Source: © 123rf has published more on sasfin Bank, which has, it says, "this year seemingly declared defeat after a series of scandalous revelations about the deep rot in its foreign exchange business"

Banking

Sasfin: Defeated after the scandal on the rot in its foreign exchange business

20 Dec 2024

Source: Sasfin.

Banking

Sasfin announces 2025 exit from South African banking

23 Oct 2024

Image source: Mati Mango from

Skills Training

Justice college, Sabric sign MoU

2 Sep 2024

Where South African banks are underperforming: AI-powered robo-advisory

Fintech

Where South African banks are underperforming: AI-powered robo-advisory

Shaun McEwan, Issued by Sauce Advertising 16 Jul 2024

Image source: Maksim Kabakou –

4th Industrial Revolution

Guard against cyber breaches: Equipping your organisation and employees

Wendy Tembedza, Dario Milo, and Dumisani Ndiweni 15 Jul 2024

Banking

Basel III shifts South African banks' lending focus

17 May 2024

Image supplied. Last year's African Banker Award. the African Banker magazine’s African Banker Awards nominees have been announced for this year

Banking

3 women nominees for African Banker Awards Banker of the Year

7 May 2024

Source: Supplied.

CSI

Absa Cape Epic: Qhubeka gifted 100 bicycles

28 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied. African Bank chief executive officer, Kennedy Bungane.

Banking

African Bank’s Kennedy Bungane earns prestigious recognition

25 Mar 2024

Source: Absa Group.

Trends

Exciting times in African debt markets

Lusanda Ndesi and Matome Modiba 3 Apr 2024

Source: Nthabeleng Likotsi, the founder and managing director of YWBN Mutual Bank.

Banking

Nthabeleng Likotsi champions the first majority Black women-owned mutual bank

Katja Hamilton 18 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied. Bohani Hlungwane, head of trade and working capital, Pan-Africa, Absa CIB.

Trends

No more business-as-usual in African capital markets

Bohani Hlungwane and Ovizikhungo Sicwetsha 22 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied. Kwaku Debra, expert at Partners in Performance.

Banking

South Africa’s banks need to get better at cost controls

11 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied. Paul Calvey, partner and market leader, Oliver Wyman South Africa; Sandra Villars, partner, financial services, Oliver Wyman South Africa; and Pierre Romagny, partner, financial services, Oliver Wyman South Africa.

Trends

#BizTrends: 10 trends to watch in South African banking

7 Mar 2024

The intersection of global challenges and PR evolution

PR & Communications

The intersection of global challenges and PR evolution

Michelle Cavé, Issued by Brandfundi 31 Jan 2024

Alison Mellon, Knowledge and Learning Lawyer: Banking and Finance, and Thomas Erskine, Candidate Legal Practitioner, Bowmans

Trends

#BizTrends2024: Legal insight into banking and finance for 2024

Alison Mellon and Thomas Erskine 9 Jan 2024

Fintech

Unlocking the future: Why SA's banking sector needs to deeply consider platform business or risk being left behind

Ashley Nyiko Mabasa 28 Dec 2023

FNB wins Best Digital Bank, according to Human8's SITEisfaction 2023

Banking

FNB wins Best Digital Bank, according to Human8's SITEisfaction 2023

Issued by Human8 26 Oct 2023

Banking

Traditional SA banking fraught with dated technology, dated thinking: can the cloud and AI help?

Marius Van Den Berg 26 Jul 2023

IT skills are in high demand in the banking sector. Source: Tima Miroshnichenko/Pexels

4th Industrial Revolution

Increased investment in youth key to future proofing IT skills

13 Jul 2023

Source: Supplied. Sandra Villars, senior advisor to Oliver Wyman.

Banking

Why African banks need to embrace non-financial disclosures, and fast

Sandra Villars 28 Jun 2023

Source: Reuters.

Banking

SocGen pares back Africa businesses in first move by new CEO

GV De Clercq and Mathieu Rosemain 9 Jun 2023

Africa's most valuable brands demonstrate resilience and growth as MTN remains dominant

Branding

Africa's most valuable brands demonstrate resilience and growth as MTN remains dominant

1 Jun 2023

Fraud remains a big problem for banking customers

Banking

Fraud remains a big problem for banking customers

Issued by Bullion PR & Communication 17 May 2023

Branding

MTN dominant as South Africa's most valuable brand

18 Apr 2023

Source: Supplied. Nombuso Gumede, MpiloTech’s chief operating officer.

Financial Services

MpiloTech reports 2 new executive appointments

29 Mar 2023

Source: Supplied. Harsha Maloo is head of payments at Synthesis.

Banking

Open banking has the potential to transform South Africa's financial-services sector

Harsha Maloo 28 Mar 2023

Source: Supplied. Jeremy Awori new chief executive officer of the Ecobank group.

Banking

Meet Ecobank group's new CEO

3 Mar 2023

Branding

4 African banks in Brand Finance's top 10 strongest banking brands rankings

1 Feb 2023

Image supplied. Felix Abely (L) and Joseph Sandu (R), Best Fintech Journalists of the Year

Education

First African journalists graduate from fintech-focused journalism programme

19 Dec 2022

Banking

The good, the bad and the ugly in the banking industry

6 Dec 2022

Source: Supplied.

Banking

The Egyptian Banking Institute launches executive programme for the African banking sector

14 Nov 2022

Taxation & Regulation

Financial Intelligence Centre recovers R5bn in criminal assets

7 Nov 2022

Why data management is key to unlocking the digital transition of African banks

Data & Analytics

Why data management is key to unlocking the digital transition of African banks

Gary Allemann 12 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied.

Financial Services

8th Africa Bank 4.0 Summit: promoting digital innovation within the African fiscal sector

3 Jun 2022

Are African banks at last going digital?

Banking

Are African banks at last going digital?

3 May 2022

Branding

Brand Finance names SA's most valuable brands with MTN ranked no.1

8 Apr 2022

The importance of rebranding done right

Branding

The importance of rebranding done right

Ashleigh Butterworth 14 Mar 2022

Property scams taking several forms as incidence continues to rise

Residential Property

Property scams taking several forms as incidence continues to rise

7 Mar 2022

Source: Supplied. Ruhling Herbst, Programme Sponsor for TCIB at BankservAfrica

Trends

#BizTrends2022: Payments for Africa's digitally savvy consumers

Ruhling Herbst 7 Jan 2022

Source: Supplied

Trends

The 2022 African banking trends unpacked

3 Dec 2021

Source: ©olegdudko

Banking

Absa comes out tops in overall customer satisfaction metric

30 Nov 2021

Source: Getty/Gallo

Banking

Sabric warns dye-stained cash won't be honoured

19 Jul 2021

Access Bank's Womenpreneur Pitch-A-Ton Africa welcomes South Africa

Funding

Access Bank's Womenpreneur Pitch-A-Ton Africa welcomes South Africa

Issued by The Publicity Workshop 12 Jul 2021