Reserve Bank wants ATM fees scrapped below a set amount
Consumers paid an estimated R31 billion in cash withdrawal and deposit charges in 2024, and the Reserve Bank will answer ...
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SARB sets 2027 for non-bank payments, but not deposit cover
Rules are due by November and the first non-banks could go live around March, but money held with them will ...
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South Africa refinery closures: SARB estimates R76bn cost
The premium sits underneath every monthly adjustment, and no tax relief or rand recovery removes it.
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Repo rate South Africa hits 7.25% on a unanimous vote
Everything except fuel argued against a hike, and all six committee members voted for it anyway.
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SA imported 1.8% more oil and paid 82% more for it
What the Reserve Bank reported The South Africa current account swung to a deficit of R205.5 billion in the second ...
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Repo rate September 2026: what the MPC faces on 23 September
The rate has sat at 7% since May, but a second-quarter GDP contraction and a record fuel increase now pull ...
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National Payment System Bill: what changes for your money
The Reserve Bank has taken the rulebook back from the banks and is about to publish the Bill.
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New R2 coins are the first to feature SA women
What the new R2 coins show, and why they are a first Two new R2 coins have been launched in ...
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Reserve Bank probes DA finance chief’s fintech firm
Mark Burke Kastelo is the search South Africans are running after a High Court judgment revealed the scale of a ...
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Reserve Bank holds repo rate at 7% in surprise move
What we know so far The repo rate South Africa's central bank sets was held at 7% on Thursday, 23 ...
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