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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:19:20 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Deep trust, strong brands: 9 South African banks in Brand Finance’s global top 500</title>
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	<description>South Africa’s banking sector continues to demonstrate scale and resilience. The total brand value of South African banks in the 2026 Banking 500 stands at $11.1bn,  up 20% year-on-year.</description>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 11:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>CrowdStrike Falcon glitch disrupts global services across sectors</title>
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	<description>A global service outage has hit businesses, media, transport and government agencies around the world, disrupting operations and causing widespread chaos. The outage is believed to be linked to a glitch in the Falcon threat-detection software developed by cybersecurity company CrowdStrike.</description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2024 10:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Zimbabwe launches gold-backed currency to replace battered local dollar</title>
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	<description>Zimbabwe is replacing its collapsing local currency with a new one backed by gold and foreign currencies that it hopes will be more stable and help bring down inflation, the central bank said on Friday, 5 April.</description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2024 17:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>First Abu Dhabi Bank starts selling 5-year debt - IFR</title>
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	<description>The UAE's largest lender First Abu Dhabi Bank has given initial price guidance at 120 basis points over US Treasuries for its five-year benchmark-sized debt issuance, fixed income news service, IFR reported on Wednesday, 21 February 2024.</description>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 10:32:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>IsDBI unveils flagship Islamic finance marketplace</title>
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	<description>The initiation of the groundbreaking Islamic Finance Knowledge Pavilion Marketplace has been undertaken by the Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI).</description>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2024 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Africa's most valuable brands demonstrate resilience and growth as MTN remains dominant</title>
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	<description>MTN remains dominant as Africa's most valuable brand,  with Pick n Pay is the strongest African brand, and Kenya's Safaricom the most valuable non-South African brand.</description>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2023 12:43:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>JPMorgan seizes First Republic Bank</title>
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	<description>JPMorgan Chase has agreed to buy First Republic Bank, the third US lender to fail this year.</description>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2023 11:34:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Mastercard to bring crypto-trading capabilities to banks</title>
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	<description>Mastercard today introduces Crypto Source, a new trademarked program to enable financial institutions to bring secure crypto-trading capabilities and services to their customers.</description>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2022 22:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Are asset owners ready to finance a transition to net zero?</title>
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	<description>Ninety One has today published its annual Planetary Pulse Report, The Rise of Transition Finance, which explores transition finance, what it means for asset owners, and its role in averting harmful climate change.</description>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2022 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Chaos in the markets: Bank of England takes emergency measures</title>
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	<description>The UK faces the threat of significant long-term financial instability unless the Bank of England and the UK government work together on a long-term plan to calm markets, warns the chief executive officer of one of the world's largest financial advisory organisations.</description>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2022 16:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
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