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Zero to $500m: Standard’s big China experiment pays off

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By Rob Rose
| Currency News Za
Standard Bank’s grand experiment of becoming the first bank in Africa to handle payments directly in Chinese renminbi has paid off better than most people expected. Speaking at the Africa Unlocked conference at the Norval Foundation yesterday, the bank’s CEO for Africa, Lungisa Fuzile, said that from nowhere, it cleared $500m in trades in the Chinese currency in just four months this year. “Annualise that, and you get the picture,” he said.
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PODCAST: ‘Sharp Sharp’ – recycling the bad guys

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By Rob Rose, Zukile Majova
| Currency News Za
Three scandals, one theme. Rob Rose and Zukile Majova, joined by Patrick Smith from Africa Confidential, dig into the week the DA turned on itself. Former DA leader Tony Leon’s lobbying firm, Resolve Communications, has allegedly sought audiences with government ministers on behalf of clients, including SpaceX’s Starlink.
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ROB ROSE: Watchdog mute after its banks case splinters

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By Rob Rose
| BusinessLIVE Verified
With questions swirling over the legitimacy of the country’s antitrust authorities, the Competition Commission appears to be doing its best to pretend it hears precisely no evil. A week ago, the Constitutional Court eviscerated the commission’s decade-long case against 23 banks, which accused them of conspiring to rig the rand. In a 133-page judgement, the court booted out the case against Nedbank, FirstRand, Standard Bank and a slew of others.
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