African banks score big in latest survey
African banks’ brand value rose $15.1bn last year, with South Africa’s Capitec up a cool 100%
Why Old Mutual is betting its South African future on banking
Old Mutual CEO Iain Williamson has high hopes for the group’s new bank; he reckons in time it will be the central axis around
Absa charts a new course, sans skipper
Absa remains rudderless, with no CEO and poor returns compared to its peers. Now, it is switching to prioritise profit over chasing market share
How Capitec’s ‘seven dwarfs’ built a banking behemoth
When Riaan Stassen and the executive team from Boland Bank arrived at Stellenbosch’s Techno Park, the microlenders of the entity that would soon become
Capitec: Everything, all at once
A quarter of a century ago, Henk Lourens was in charge of acquisitions at the PSG arm that would later grow into Capitec. His