Capitec joins Pick n Pay banking network
While other banks scale back, Capitec is expanding its footprint – joining Pick n Pay’s in-store banking and actively opening new ATMs nationwide.
TymeBank
Competition Tribunal clears TymeBank–Sanlam loan book deal
TymeBank and Sanlam will form SanlamTyme JVCo, combining digital banking muscle with lending expertise in a R5bn unsecured loan book partnership.
How consumers feel about the country’s big retail banks
One digital bank emerges head and shoulders above the rest in the 2024 South African Banking Sentiment Index.
OBS reports record high complaints in 2023 as it transitions to NFO
The Ombudsman for Banking Services was kept busy with complaints about current accounts, loans, savings accounts, credit cards, and home loans.
Which banks offer the cheapest transaction accounts in South Africa?
Solidarity’s latest Bank Charges Report singles out the progress made by Nedbank regarding competitiveness and transparency.
This is SA’s cheapest bank if you transact completely online, according to Solidarity’s survey
The report also compares the cost of banking at Absa, Capitec, First National Bank, Nedbank, and Standard Bank.
FNB the only major bank to buck trend of higher complaints
First National Bank (FNB) was the only bank among the country’s “big five” banks that recorded a decrease in the number of cases opened against it by the Ombudsman for Banking Services (OBS) […]
Online banks unbeatable in Solidarity’s 2022 transaction fees survey
The release of Solidarity’s annual Bank Charges Report usually generates a fair bit of interest, probably because consumers want to see whether Capitec will live up to its reputation as the country’s cheapest […]
