Firstrand Namibia

20 10, 2022

THE UNTAPPED MARKET OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

2022-10-20T12:13:47+00:00 October 20th, 2022|NEWS|

By Reem El Sherif, RMB Strategy and Business Development Manager. Reem leads Strategy in RMB Namibia and is a passionate researcher in the gender and socio-economic development field. With just around seven and a half years to go for the world to achieve the ambitious gender equality targets of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5, the average [...]

20 10, 2022

NAMIBIA SET FOR BIG INTEREST RATE HIKE IN OCTOBER

2022-10-20T12:12:14+00:00 October 20th, 2022|NEWS|

 September 23, 2022 Economists are predicting the Bank of Namibia (BoN) will raise its benchmark interest rate by 0.75 percentage points in October, the second such rise in a row, and signal plans to raise rates again in the coming months.  This was after the South African Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) raised the [...]

7 10, 2022

CORPORATE PARTNERS RESPOND TO HOUSING NEED IN NAMIBIA

2022-10-07T08:50:02+00:00 October 7th, 2022|NEWS|

On 7 February 2022 the FirstRand Namibia Foundation, Pupkewitz Foundation and Ohorongo Cement reaffirmed their commitment to support the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia at their annual sponsorship handover.  Rozina Jacobs, FNB Home Loans National Sales Manager, representing the FirstRand Namibia Foundation at the event, said the partners remain committed to this worthy cause, because [...]

7 10, 2022

RMB WINS GLOBAL FINANCE MAGAZINE’S BEST TREASURY AND CASH MANAGEMENT BANK

2022-10-07T08:35:15+00:00 October 7th, 2022|NEWS|

2 February 2022: The prestigious Global Finance magazine has recognised RMB Namibia as the Best Treasury and Cash Management Bank and RMB as the Best Bank for Payments and Collections in Africa. The awards acknowledge excellence in treasury and cash management in relation to market share and reach, customer service, competitive pricing, product innovation and differentiation. [...]

29 11, 2021

FIRSTRAND NAMIBIA LAUNCHES FIRST JOB INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME: Becoming globally competitive begins at home

2021-11-29T10:34:09+00:00 November 29th, 2021|NEWS|

Caption: ART1427: (f.l.t.r) Wiann Mans, Learning and Development Manager, Isdor Angula, FirstRand Namibia CHRO, Elzita Beukes, Group Communications Manager, Daisry Mathias, Presidential Advisor: Youth and Enterprise Development, and Conrad Dempsey, FirstRand Namibia CEO. 24 November 2021 FirstRand Namibia has launched the FirstJob Internship Programme in line with the leading financial services group’s purpose and broader Namibian [...]

14 09, 2021

FIRSTRAND NAMIBIA ANNOUNCES ANNUAL FINANCIAL RESULTS

2021-09-14T08:48:17+00:00 September 14th, 2021|NEWS|

Deeply invested in Namibia’s wellbeing 10 September 2021 FirstRand Namibia Limited  announced its financial results for the year ending 30 June 2021, reflecting an extremely difficult operating environment, with normalised earnings decreasing. Oscar Capelao, FirstRand Namibia Chief Financial Officer commented: “Post the beginning of lockdown in March 2020, underlying customer income and affordability in all [...]

14 09, 2020

FIRSTRAND NAMIBIA REMAINS STRONG, RESILIENT & WELL-POSITIONED

2020-09-14T09:23:32+00:00 September 14th, 2020|NEWS|

Oscar Capelao, FirstRand Namibia Chief Financial Officer MEDIA RELEASE:  10 September 2020 FirstRand Namibia Limited today announced its financial results for the year ending 30 June 2020, on the back of one of the greatest health threats of a generation - one that greatly [...]

27 04, 2020

FIRSTRAND NAMIBIA ESTABLISHES HOPE – A HEALTH OPTIMISATION PANDEMIC EMERGENCY FUND

2020-04-27T12:01:47+00:00 April 27th, 2020|NEWS|

Sarel van Zyl CEO:  FirstRand Namibia MEDIA RELEASE 8 April 2020 Today FirstRand Namibia announced the objectives of its HOPE intervention and relief effort, which aims to assist Government and its partners in mitigating the impact of COVID19 rapidly and at scale.  HOPE’s immediate objective is to accelerate the scaling of Namibia’s [...]

9 09, 2019

FIRSTRAND NAMIBIA END-YEAR RESULTS

2019-09-09T07:56:23+00:00 September 9th, 2019|NEWS|

MEDIA RELEASE 6 September 2019 Transforming old costs into new opportunities, Creating shared prosperity for all stakeholders FirstRand Namibia, in its 2019 end-year results, reported an increase in profit before tax by 2.2% to N$1.58 billion (2018: N$1.55 billion). The group’s revenue performance demonstrates that the investment in digitisation and customer-centric service is bearing [...]