Banking, telecoms, and insurance are Africa’s most valuable sectors. Report

    South African Brands Dominate Ranking of Africa’s Most Valuable. MTN retains title of Africa’s most valuable brand, brand value US$2.7 billion. Capitec Bank overtakes Vodacom as Africa’s strongest brand, Brand Strength Index (BSI) score 89.2 out of 100. South African brands dominate the Brand Finance Africa 150 2021 ranking once again, with the … Read more

Customer-centric thinking and cybersecurity among UK Retail Banking Trends 2020

  The trends impacting the UK retail banking industry. According to SpendEdge’s latest report, the UK retail banking industry is expected to change significantly due to increasing customer expectations, changing regulatory requirements, new competitors, and technologies. Banks need to keep an eye on these factors and evaluate their impact on organizations. Also, they need to … Read more

World’s Best Digital Bank selected from nearly 300 banks globally

    On October 29th, Global Finance presented it’s 20th Annual World’s Best Digital Bank Awards at the Digital Banks and Innovators Awards Dinner at the Harvard Club of New York City. The overall winners for Global and Regional Corporate/Institutional Digital Banks and Consumer Digital Banks were revealed. Also announced were the overall Global sub-category … Read more

Wealthy people are spending less – are they seeing signs of a recession?

A recent USB report found wealthy investors are increasing their cash reserves, adding to growing evidence suggesting they see trouble on the horizon

Virgin Galactic wins space tourism race to float on stock market

Sir Richard Branson beat Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos by listing his venture in New York

Everything you wanted to know about bitcoin but were afraid to ask

The value of cryptocurrencies is rising fast. But is it sustainable? And how does it work, anyway? These questions, and many more, answered…