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SA banks replaces 1400 looted ATMs

SA banks replaces 1400 looted ATMs

SOUTH African banks have revealed that replacing 1,400 automatic teller machines (ATMs) vandalised and looted during recent violent unrest could take about two months. As much as R20- million rand could have been taken, "however that is a rough estimate," according to Bongiwe Kunene, managing director of the Banking Association South Africa. Days of riots and looting earlier this month left more than 300 people dead and damaged thousands of businesses, including 269 bank branches. Banks are still assessing the extent of the damage and developing recovery plans, with the indicative average replacement cost of an ATM at 385 000…
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Bulk of loans in S.Africa’s COVID crisis scheme to stay untapped, say banks

Bulk of loans in S.Africa’s COVID crisis scheme to stay untapped, say banks

A credit scheme central to South Africa's efforts to counter the economic impact of the coronavirus is on course to pay out less than a tenth of the loans it is offering, the country's banking association said yesterday. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the scheme, worth up to 200 billion rand ($13.4 billion) in bank loans partly guaranteed by the government, in April. It aims to encourage banks to lend more, on more favourable terms, to businesses whose operations have been affected by the pandemic, which has hit South Africa far harder than any other African nation. But so far it…
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