Cross-border Banking Archives

Innovative Interventions Ensuring Cross-border Banking keeps pace with growing trade and travel across East Africa

Brian EmorutCompany News News & AnalysisJanuary 30, 2026January 30, 2026

Cross-border banking is an important feature of the global financial system. This explains why banks are expanding beyond their home countries, to follow and accommodate customers, be able to finance…

South Africa’s Nedbank to Acquire 66% Stake in Kenya’s NCBA Bank for $856 million

Paul MurungiBanking & Financial Services East Africa The Big StoryJanuary 21, 2026January 22, 2026

South Africa’s Nedbank Group has unveiled plans to acquire approximately 66% of the issued ordinary share capital of Kenya’s NCBA Group. The move is set to hand the Johannesburg-listed lender…

Q&A: As Debt Surges, Equity Group’s Mwangi Says It’s Time for African Governments to Hand Development Projects to Private Sector

Paul MurungiBanking & Financial Services The Big StoryDecember 1, 2025December 1, 2025

In a sweeping call for economic recalibration across the continent, Equity Group Managing Director and CEO, Dr. James Mwangi, has urged African governments to “let the private sector take on…

Equity Bank Expands Services to Ugandans in South Africa

Brian EmorutCompany News News & AnalysisAugust 8, 2025August 8, 2025

Ugandans living and working in South Africa now have greater opportunities to invest back home following Equity Bank’s entry into the country, marking the first time the East Africa financial…