Tie-up between NCB and Samba Financial heralds a second wave of bank consolidation in the region.
Now Money co-founder Ian Dillon outlines big plans for the remittance and banking app.
Leading banks expanded across the continent, while consolidation continued in overbanked countries.
The Middle East and north Africa has some of the lowest access to financial services in the world, but work is underway to change this.
The Top 100 African Banks ranking shows strong performance for South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria.
Despite optimal conditions for a digital shake-up of the banking sector, a genuine challenger has yet to emerge.
There's overlap between Islamic finance and the UN SDGs, says managing director Hassan Usman.
Gulf banks looked to consolidate positions via mergers in the Top 100 Arab Banks ranking while Egypt displayed robust profitability.
Standard Bank Group chief executive Sim Tshabalala on how the Covid-19 crisis is accelerating the adoption of digital banking services.
With cash falling out of favour as a result of Covid-19, the global remittances industry has seen a surge in digital transactions, improving the reach of the sector while also lowering costs.
Saudi Arabia’s banks have held their ground for 2020’s Top 1000, despite slumping oil prices. John Everington reports.
Nigeria’s top five banks rose the latest ranking and Zenith Bank posted a 16% jump in Tier 1 capital.
Standard Bank came top in Africa as well as South Africa, but lost ground in the Top 1000 ranking.
Tenets of Islamic finance have similar aims to ESG investing and crossover is growing.
The Banker’s Islamic Bank of the Year Awards shows a fast-growing sector prior to pandemic.
Oil exporters have been hit with a double whammy as global demand collapses.
The head of Saudi Arabia's National Development Fund explains how the fund intends to support national businesses in the face of the Covid-19 crisis.
Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 economic overhaul is being put to the test by the coronavirus pandemic.
Saudi banks, confident of surviving the crisis-driven lockdown, are speeding up their digital capacity and looking to support clients.