South Africa is set to adopt a raft of legislative changes over the next three to five years to modernise the regulatory framework for financial institutions.
Author: Adelaide Changole
Private investments in energy generation will take two to three years before they solve the load shedding problem, Nedbank CEO Mike Brown said.
The South African Reserve Bank has raised concern about the threat an inadequate and unreliable power supply poses to financial stability.
South Africa, the world’s 13th biggest source of climate-warming greenhouse gases, will unveil details on how it plans to cut emissions next month.
South African banks see physical money remaining key to their business as almost a third of their customers aren’t ready to go cashless, according to a survey.
Nedbank Group wants to almost double its lending to green energy projects in South Africa over the next two years.
African Rainbow Capital is switching to investing in digital banks and financial start-ups, while shunning mining stocks, saying the boom in commodity prices maybe overdone.
Investec is seeking to more than double its private client base in the next three to four years, outpacing growth in a moribund economy.
Investec has asked its employees in South Africa to get vaccinated or subject themselves to weekly tests as the bank’s staff returns to office.
Standard Bank Group said 99% of its transaction volumes in South Africa are now cashless, a trend that has helped it to cut costs.