It seems the corporate world is keen to tap into the deep well of knowledge that Daniel Mminele, the former deputy governor of the South African Reserve Bank, has on the workings of the financial services sector. Alexander Forbes’ appointment Read the full story
They say that “Perception is reality‘”. And there is a perception that financial services sector have two different strategies: one tailored for the elite, and another one for the previously disadvantaged majority that cannot just be wished away. Given the Read the full story
Nigerian artist, Adewale Adebayo, popularly known as BNaira, is a global investor, music artist andbusinessman. BNaira has over a million followers on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. BNaira found a passion for Bitcoinand another cryptocurrency and has a unique way of Read the full story
The founder of African Bank, Dr. Sam Motsuenyane, mentors, Nthabeleng Likotsi, the first black South African woman to establish a mutual bank. The CEO and founder of Young Women in Business Network (YWBN,) Nthabeleng Likotsi, has been consulting with various Read the full story
By Sakhile Mabena With the best intentions, many people turn to Google when trying to improve their financial health. And five minutes later, they give up. Why? Because searching for “how to improve financial health” delivers no less than 83 Read the full story
If you definitely want to borrow some money and you are sure you can repay it, there are a number of important factors to consider. Borrowing is not inherently bad, neither is unsecured lending. For thousands of South Africans, the Read the full story
FNB claims its FNB WebStore will offer more than a payment device, extending other banking services to the informal economy. The question is whether or not this can be regarded as a mindset change of traditional banks towards informal traders, Read the full story
One of the biggest barriers to the involvement of enterprising black South Africans in the capital-intensive manufacturing and green economy sectors is often cited as lack of access to capital. JP Morgan, the global investment bank, has committed R340 million Read the full story
Unlike a commercial Bank where its shareholders, are not necessarily depositors or customers of the Bank, depositing funds in a Mutual Bank means acquiring a stake in the Bank while being a customer of the Bank. The Young Women in Read the full story
J Sassoon Group, a US private and equity investment firm, is keen to invest $50 billion (R692bn) in ’emerging, entrepreneurial and innovative’ businesses involved in transportation, infrastructure and particularly in renewable energy in South Africa. The company’s chairman, David Sassoon, Read the full story