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Eight digital banking scams to lookout for

20 February 2017

As access to banking services through digital channels continues to grow, so does the need to protect consumers against the prevalence of online banking fraud.

Uptick in consumers banking outside normal banking hours

15 February 2017

FNB is seeing rapid growth in the number of consumers that are doing their banking outside the normal banking hours due to the convenience of Automated Deposit Tellers (ADTs) which do not require users to go inside the branch.

South African Banks’ Integrated Reports difficult to compare

31 January 2017

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) has recognised the importance of market discipline and the need for reform within regulatory reporting in the financial services sector. Pillar 3 of the Basel Framework aims to promote market discipline through regulatory disclosure requirements as these conditions enable market participants to access information relating to a bank’s regulatory capital and risk exposures.

Will the environment for Sub-Saharan Africa’s (SSA) banks be as challenging in 2017 as it was in 2016?

26 January 2017

As growth remains top of mind for the banking sector, the economic environment in the largest banking markets is challenging, and will likely remain so, at least until commodity prices pick up for the key economies, including Nigeria, South Africa and Angola. Only one major African economy; Kenya, has thus far shrugged off the impact of rapidly diminished global growth prospects.

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