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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.

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Africa'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...

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Banking 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...

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A 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"

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Termination 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.

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Central 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...

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Key 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...

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South 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.

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African 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...

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African 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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