African Women Impact Fund launches with USD$60 million commitment to drive an inclusive investment environment
2025-12-25
It’s one of the largest banks in Namibia and operates from more than 50 branches. So there was a familiar ring to the announcement on January 29th that ICBC would buy a 60% share of Standard Bank PLC, a London-based entity that trades currencies, commodities, stocks and bonds. Its parent in South Africa had found it hard to make the operation profitable.
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Texas mutual fund company says underweight the U.S. stock market and buy international equities. Standard Bank’s BizFlex digital loan facility has disbursed R3 billion to small, medium and micro enterprises in the past three years. Loan facility for … Read more