Top institutions from Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and South Africa are among those entering or expanding their presence in the ...

Development Finance Club, Finance in Common and the Africa Investment Forum. Admassu Tadesse: African banking has been through quite a journey over the past couple of decades. It has strengthened. Now ...

More than 260 charities on Monday urged banks not to finance a $3.5 billion oil pipeline in East Africa, concerned the ...

Credit Suisse is pulling out of its wealth management business in a number of African countries, and the private clients are ...

FirstRand and Nigerian groups dominate the top spots in The Africa Report’s 2023 ranking of the continent’s banks, which for the first time combines multiple metrics. As the African banking sector ...

Standard Bank, Africa’s biggest bank by assets and parent company of Stanbic Bank Ghana, is proud to announce the successful close of a bespoke R1.92 billion (US$ 110 million) equity financing ...

The banking industry is clearly moving towards digital-first banking. But this transformation raises an urgent question: how ...

Digital-banking fraud accounted for over 65% of financial crime incidents in 2024, with insurance-claim manipulation emerging ...

African banks remain resilient and ready to weather any storm that comes their way. In years gone by, Africa’s banks used to dread any signs of tremor in the global financial system. Times have ...

Standard Bank has announced that it will be launching 20 additional bank branches for Smart ID and Passport services in early 2026, with two pilot branches already running.