Interviews Jul 17 How is Absa Mauritius responding to trade disruption in cross-border trade finance? Absa Mauritius is strengthening transactional banking to help corporates and SMEs manage volatile cash flows and cross-border trade challenges, levera... 630
Current Account Jul 01 Can Standard Bank turn RMB clearing into revenue beyond existing trade flows? The PBoC has authorised Standard Bank and ICBC to jointly clear renminbi transactions across 19 African countries, the first continent-named clearing ... 938
Weekly Brief Jun 30 Standard Bank becomes first African bank to clear Renminbi, HSBC scales TradeCash in Singapore Standard Bank becomes the first African bank authorised to clear Renminbi transactions, as HSBC's TradeCash goes live in Singapore and the IFC and San... 199
Weekly Brief Apr 20 War risk reshapes banking outlook The Iran war and Strait of Hormuz disruption dominate global finance this week, as the IMF cuts growth forecasts, US banks post record but cautious Q1... 154
Awards Ceremonies Dec 11 Sim Tshabalala named CEO of the Year in Africa for driving pan-African integration, digital transformation and sustainable growth Sim Tshabalala’s leadership at Standard Bank Group has strengthened the group’s regional influence, digital capabilities, operational resilience a... 3411
Post Event Report May 14 Unblocking the bottlenecks of impact investment in West Africa The Wealth and Society West Africa 2019 Roundtable Dialogue consisting of leading impact investment institutions discussed a range of solutions to the... 6378
Research Note Feb 24 East and West African banks close gap with regional industry leaders in South Africa ... 5819
Research Note Feb 17 Democratisation of banking services puts focus on relationships over products ... 5293
Research Note Feb 16 Banks need to leverage their superior product knowledge to stay relevant ... 6126