How can banks be further incentivised to lend to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)?
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Articles & Analysis | New microfinance legislation offers opportunities to enter the small business lending arena from The Report: Egypt 2014
The success with which Egypt’s banks have increased their deposit base against the backdrop of political unrest and economic uncertainty is good news for the sector. According to a recent report by Lebanon’s Bank Audi, total deposits rose by 20.6% in 2013 to reach $189.2bn, an expansion more than double the size of that seen in the previous year.
Articles & Analysis | Banks remain healthy despite the stalling economy from The Report: South Africa 2014
With both performance and assets outstripping the continent’s other large emerging markets in Egypt, Nigeria and Morocco, South Africa’s banking sector is the biggest and most developed on the continent. The country’s largest banks have branch networks across the region and – unusually for many African institutions – they also have the ability to finance capital-heavy projects...
Articles & Analysis | Banks make sense of more stringent and changing rules from The Report: South Africa 2014
After the 2008 global financial crisis, the G20 group of countries – of which South Africa is a member – saw the need to reinforce a stable financial system and asked the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision to create a new banking regulation framework.
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Gill Marcus, Governor, South African Reserve Bank (SARB) from The Report: South Africa 2014
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Jim Cowles, CEO for Europe, Middle East & Africa, Citigroup from The Report: South Africa 2014
To what extent will stricter regulatory controls negatively impact liquidity in the long term?