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05 MD’s Message
The Banking Association South Africa MD
Cas Coovadia
06 Profile
Ebenezer “Ebby” Essoka:
the road ahead
Standard Chartered Bank’s Chief Executive says
African banks must develop a clear plan of action
12 Feature
Helping South Africa to save
The National Treasury’s proposals for
incentivising saving
18 Special Focus
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nsecured Lending: let’s get it right
There are lessons to be drawn from the plight
of Marikana
27 Banking IT
Technology
payments
for cross-border
Advanced payment technologies for
SADC’s needs
31 SABRIC
2012 card fraud losses down
Co-ordinated action is forcing card fraud
patterns to change
33 anking Association Members
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Introducing
Ithala Development
Finance Corporation Limited
Repositioning itself to remain relevant in the
ever-changing financial services market
35 anking Association Members
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Introducing Ubank Limited
Ubank is focused on increasing its distribution
channels to ensure accessibility for its target
communities
37 Business Life
Technology
Faster tech tools for better mobile productivity
39 Training
Growing sector skills
BANKSETA’s audit of the financial sector’s
skills needs
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