by Dianne Bayley | Sep 30, 2020 | Sustainability
In an exciting move expected to deliver a robust banking operation that connects key African markets, Access Bank Plc has entered into a definitive agreement with the holding company of Grobank Limited, GroCapital Holdings Limited, to invest up to ZAR400 million into...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 3, 2020 | Innovation
Capitec, South Africa’s largest digital bank, has taken the final step in its paperless journey with the introduction of an eSignature capability, by means of a biometric fingerprint. In a time of COVID-19 and social distancing, this is a crucial move to ramp up...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 28, 2020 | Sustainability
Having grown up in a “retail family”, Jennifer Farinha, owner of Grobank’s client Sutherland SuperSpar, has had to use all her experience and come up with innovative ways to deal with South Africa’s lockdown response to the Covid-19 pandemic. “When Government began...
by Dianne Bayley | Feb 19, 2020 | Security and Legal
Bank hackers, email phishing scams and identity theft are synonymous with fraud in the financial sector. According to a statement by the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC), more than R 800 million were lost over the last couple of years in South...
by Dianne Bayley | Feb 19, 2020 | Featured Articles, Features
In Part 2 of this three-part series, Justine Sweet, Environmental author who consults on content for LexisNexis South Africa’s Lexis Library, Lexis GRC and Lexis Assure solutions, looks at the mounting pressure for environmental disclosure faced by organisations. More...
