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The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is the central bank of South Africa. It was established in 1921 after Parliament passed an act, the "Currency and Bank Act of 10 August 1920", as a direct result of the abnormal monetary and financial conditions which World War I had brought.
In mathematical finance, the SABR model is a stochastic volatility model, which attempts to capture the volatility smile in derivatives markets. The name stands for "stochastic alpha, beta, rho", referring to the parameters of the model.
The Johannesburg Interbank Average Rate [1] (JIBAR) is the money market rate, used in South Africa. It is calculated as the average interest rate at which banks buy and sell money. This rate is calculated daily by the South African Futures Exchange as the average prime lending rate quoted independently by a number of different banks.
The South African Bank Note Company was established in 1958 as a result of a decision by the South African Government to print South African currency locally. [1] The South African Reserve Bank formed a joint venture with Bradbury Wilkinson and Company and commenced production from a factory in Pretoria.
The SARB announced a restructuring proposal, which received support from a consortium of six South African banks and the Public Investment Corporation. [ 5 ] : 16 A new banking group, African Bank Holdings Limited was created to assume the viable assets and some of the liabilities of the old bank.
Fractional-reserve banking is the system of banking in all countries worldwide, under which banks that take deposits from the public keep only part of their deposit liabilities in liquid assets as a reserve, typically lending the remainder to borrowers.
The Financial Services Board (FSB) was the government of South Africa's financial regulatory agency responsible for the non-banking financial services industry in South Africa from 1990 to 2018.
A central bank, reserve bank, national bank, or monetary authority is an institution that manages the currency and monetary policy of a country or monetary union. [1] In contrast to a commercial bank , a central bank possesses a monopoly on increasing the monetary base .