Weekly Brief Oct 21 South Africa plans non-bank payments access as Egypt launches Banque du Caire IPO TAB Africa Weekly Brief: South Africa sets a November deadline for its payments authorisation framework as Banque du Caire opens IPO subscriptions and... 713
Weekly Brief Oct 20 Spanish banks extend blockchain into syndicated loan administration, Visa launches stablecoin prefunding Transaction Finance Weekly: Santander and BBVA administer a syndicated loan on blockchain as Visa takes stablecoin prefunding live and Japan’s megab... 993
Conference Oct 15 Nigeria’s banks face the harder test of turning financial strength into economic value At Finance West Africa 2026, banking and technology leaders questioned whether recapitalisation would translate into productive lending, challenged th... 1287
Weekly Brief Oct 15 Ecobank strengthens China-Africa payments as banks pursue new digital channels TAB Africa Weekly Brief: Standard Bank backs OPay, Airtel Money lists in London, Ecobank expands renminbi links and Zambia nears IMF programme.... 3204
Weekly Brief Sep 28 US and Japanese bond yields hit multi-decade highs after Fed and BoJ hikes The Asian Banker Weekly Brief: US and Japanese bond yields hit multi-decade highs after Fed, BoJ hikes, as US-China trade truce extends, China profits... 1123
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... 1177
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 ... 1655
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... 753
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... 689
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... 3973
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... 6614
Research Note Feb 24 East and West African banks close gap with regional industry leaders in South Africa ... 6058
Research Note Feb 17 Democratisation of banking services puts focus on relationships over products ... 5474
Research Note Feb 16 Banks need to leverage their superior product knowledge to stay relevant ... 6347
