Retail profits soar 26% as StanChart posts 9th yr of record earnings
Group profit before tax rose by 11% year-on-year for the 12 months to 31 December to $6.78bn, boosted by a…
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Nedbank posts 26% rise in FY11 profit
Nedbanks retail banking headline earnings more than doubled in the 12 months to 31 December to ZAR2.0bn (2010: ZAR760bn). Nedbanks…
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Arguably one of the most significant and headline-grabbing banking deals of the past few months was Ecobanks partnership with Oracle…
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Santander has finally agreed a deal with KBC to acquire the Belgian lenders Poland-based subsidiary Kredyt Bank. Santander will merge…
ByM-banking: to charge or not to charge
Jens Baumgarten, Ben Snowman and Wei Ke of Simon-Kucher and Partners, the global consulting firm specialising in product pricing and…
ByFinancial inclusion key priority for FNB
South Africas First National Bank (FNB) has reported a jump in transaction growth through mobile banking and, according to the…
ByABN AMRO scores with MoneYou
The digital channels subsidiary of ABN AMRO, MoneYou, has carved a successful niche in its domestic market in the Netherlands…
ByUK AVA fees approach £2bn a year
The number of packaged current accounts offered by big banks in the UK is increasing but lack of transparency and…
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