Banks failing environment and social standards
Shaping the future of sustainable finance - A new study released by BankTrack and WWF today has found that there is a growing commitment to sustainable banking within the international banking sector.
View ArticleAfrica's banks starting to rise to challenge of wider environmental, social...
Sustainability factors are shaping lending in Africa's two biggest economies - Seven out of ten banks in South Africa and three out of 12 banks in Nigeria are now factoring environmental, social and...
View ArticleBanking enquiry panel to postpone release of report
Our findings will have serious implications for the sector - The report into the Competition Commission enquiry into whether bank charges and access to the national payment system thwart effective...
View ArticleA single reform to the banking system would have made most injections of...
Making this change today would give governments far more room to support the real economy - "The Basel II reform that would have made most injections of public funds unnecessary"
View ArticleTermination of the HSBC - Old Mutual - Nedbank negotiations
Manner in which HSBC withdrew from the process is cavalier - HSBC was irresponsible in the manner it chose to terminate discussions for the acquisition of Nedbank.
View ArticleCentral banking will never be the same again
No central bank has total independence with regard to its policy goals - One of the consequences of the global financial and economic crisis is that it has resulted in a fundamental review of the role...
View ArticleKey role for banks in country's economic development
2012 report to put banking sector in spotlight as infrastructure projects take shape - South Africa's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) would benefit from an easing of compliance regulations...
View ArticleSouth African banking is in crisis
... but you knew that already - Banking is in crisis. No, I don't mean bonus scandals, gambling with other people's money, rate fixing, product mis-selling and evidence shredding.
View ArticleAfrican Bank too inclusive to fail
An extension of the problem of moral hazard - The rescue of African Bank by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) once again demonstrates the difficulty of allowing a financial institution to fail and...
View ArticleAfrican Bank and Money-market Funds
An afterthought to 'African Bank: too inclusive to fail' - It has been suggested in the media that the real reason why the SARB rescued African Bank is the exposure of money-market funds to African...
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