Finance

Global financial markets are kicking off 2026 with impressive momentum as major U.S. indexes climbed to record levels and corporate boardrooms reshuffle key index memberships — a strong signal of…

A structural shift is underway in global finance — and it is accelerating fast. Private credit, once a niche alternative to traditional bank lending, has crossed the $2 trillion threshold globally, emerging…

As we enter 2026, the South African financial narrative has taken a sharp, sophisticated turn. While the public and many fintech startups spent the last three years anticipating a "Retail…

As South Africa enters the first week of 2026, the financial landscape is being shaped by an unprecedented liquidity injection aimed at the country’s most vulnerable households and the burgeoning…

SANDTON – As business owners toast to the New Year tonight, a quiet but seismic shift is taking place in the back offices of South Africa’s "Big Four" banks. It is…

JOHANNESBURG – The South African Rand (ZAR) is closing out 2025 as one of the world's top-performing emerging market currencies, heading toward the R16.00/$ mark as a late-December rally in precious metals and…