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IRFA President Wayne Hiller van Rensburg is proud of his Institute’s relevance to the retirement sector, both in South Africa and on the broader continent

The crucial role played by any industry body in the retirement sector

Upskilling is essential, and local industry rates IRFA’s contribution highly

Discovery CEO Adrian Gore. (Image: The Actuary)

Discovery launches ‘tech-led’ bank

The purpose of the bank is making people healthy in a financial sense says Discovery CEO Adrian Gore

Raj Makanjee, chief executive of FNB retail. (Photo: Xavier Saer)

Customers to benefit from disruption in retail banking, says FNB

The bank’s vision is to be a trusted money manager

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia was sue​d for misleading investors by failing to disclose climate related risks in its 2016 annual report.

‘Judgment day’ looms for Australia’s scandal-hit banks

A decade ago the sector was lauded for emerging unscathed from the global financial crisis and avoiding the risky investments that doomed their peers

(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

EFF offering a solution to the dominance of banking’s Big Five

Many argue such banks will allow the unbanked entry and offer appropriate banking products and services, including to small and medium enterprises

Court sees red over UFO guru’s crusade

Court sees red over UFO guru’s crusade

Michael Tellinger has promised he will shake the banking industry’s foundations and expose it as "manipulative, dishonest and law-breaking".

Business owners told not to rely too heavily on banks

SA business owners are urged to make funding provisions to protect their businesses from market fluctuations but may need to look to other sources.

Nine million South Africans stash their cash at home

A FinScope survey has shown that these South Africans don’t use financial institutions and choose rather to borrow from friends and family.

Downturn is levelling out

Banks are working more closely with clients to try and restructure home-loan payments rather than to repossess.

Banking on security in Baghdad

Iraq’s private sector is weak and basic, and for most Iraqis commerce is still cash-based.

EU backs new banking rules

EU leaders will agree more steps on Friday to avert a repeat of the banking crisis that has sapped the world economy.

SARB: SA banks protected against global crisis

South African banks have been largely protected against the direct effects of the global financial crisis, the South Reserve Bank said on Wednesday.

Nigerian banks groan under global liquidity crunch

Nigeria’s regulatory authorities have long persisted in painting a rosy picture of the country’s banks despite the global financial meltdown.

Banking on the personal

It is time to put on your lipstick and best suit and make friends with your bank manager, writes Maya Fisher-French.

HSBC banker paid $19-million for 2008

HSBC paid one of its bankers more than £13,7-million last year, while another unnamed member of staff received more than £11-million.

Russian bank in sale talks with Standard, says report

Troika Dialog is in talks to sell a 30% stake in itself to South Africa’s Standard Bank through a new share issue, a media report said on Wednesday.

FNB expands into Zambia

One of South Africa’s top four commercial banks FNB has been granted a banking licence by the Bank of Zambia.

Leapfrogging into Africa

The Western Union-Absa partnership could bridge the money transfer gap on the continent, writes Lynley Donnelly.

Suppose there was a meltdown and you weren’t invited

Our government would have taken stakes in the Big Four, say to the tune of R120-billion or so. Now this would be a debate to have locally.

SA retail banks feel the strain

Retail banks continue to feel the strain of burdened consumers, the latest Ernst & Young bank index released on Tuesday indicates.