As the African banking sector continues to evolve, professionalise and digitise, we must evolve, too. The Africa Report’s new ‘TAR Index’, introduced this year, enables a more accurate assessment of ...

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the FirstRand's Annual Results Presentation for the year ended June 2025. Let's start with the operating environment. The macroeconomic environment over the last ...

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group ( ) has approved a $310 million financial package to FirstRand Bank, one of the largest financial institutions in Africa. This support will ...

Every investor in FirstRand Limited (JSE:FSR) should be aware of the most powerful shareholder groups. With 50% stake, institutions possess the maximum shares in the company. Put another way, the ...

JOHANNESBURG, June 9 (Reuters) - South Africa's FirstRand Ltd has appointed Sizwe Nxasana, head of its core banking unit and a former chief of telecoms firm Telkom , as its new chief executive. Sign ...

FirstRand Group has committed R4.7-billion to acquire a 20.1% stake in AI-powered fintech company Optasia, ahead of the firm’s planned listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The investment, ...

Fiserv, Inc. (NYSE: FI), a provider of payments and financial services tech, announced the FirstRand Group will become the “first” financial institution outside of the U.S. to commission Finxact from ...

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Fiserv, Inc. (NYSE: FI), a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology, today announced that the FirstRand Group, one of the largest banks in Africa with total assets of $130 ...

FirstRand said Tuesday its operational and financial performance for the six months to December 31 were trending in line with its expectations as outlined in the annual results announcement in ...