{"id":116818,"date":"2016-03-15T19:41:46","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T17:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=116818"},"modified":"2016-03-16T09:38:10","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T07:38:10","slug":"best-and-worst-bank-brands-in-south-africa-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/banking\/116818\/best-and-worst-bank-brands-in-south-africa-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Best and worst bank brands in South Africa 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest Brand Finance report<\/a> on banking shows which South African banks have\u00a0the most valuable brands in 2016.<\/p>\n

Standard Bank has overtaken Absa and FNB as the most valuable banking brand in the country, climbing two spots since the 2015 ranking – increasing its brand value by 4.4% to $1.32 billion (R20.6 billion) over the past 12 months.<\/p>\n

This is still down from the $1.6 billion brand value it scored in 2014, however.<\/p>\n

Except for Standard Bank, and Capitec as a new entry, all South African banks lost brand value over the past 12 months.<\/p>\n

Absa, which was the number one bank in South Africa in 2015, has dropped to third in the country at a brand valuation of $1.02 billion (R15.9 billion), down from $1.6 billion last year.<\/p>\n

The Brand Finance report was released before the recent announcement by Barclays that it would be selling off its majority stake in Barclays Africa (Absa), thus this new information was not factored into the group’s overall brand positioning.<\/p>\n

What was likely factored in was the much maligned “9\/12”, where president Jacob Zuma fired then finance minister Nhlanhla Nene on an apparent whim, resulting in the South African economy losing as much as R500 billion in manner of weeks.<\/p>\n

The South African finance sector was one of the hardest hit by the crumble.<\/p>\n

First National Bank retained its position as the second most valuable bank in the country, worth $1.05 billion (down from $1.4 billion), with Nedbank and Wesbank rounding off the top 5 banking groups.<\/p>\n

Capitec made its debut on the top 500 ranking, listed as the sixth most valuable bank in South Africa, and coming in at 347th overall.<\/p>\n

These are the most valuable banks in South Africa:<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2016<\/th>\n2015<\/th>\nBank<\/th>\n2015 Brand Value ($m)<\/th>\n2016 Brand Value ($m)<\/th>\nChange<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
134<\/td>\n136<\/td>\nStandard Bank<\/td>\n1\u00a0264<\/td>\n1 319<\/td>\n+4.4%<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
154<\/td>\n129<\/td>\nFNB<\/td>\n1 385<\/td>\n1 050<\/td>\n-24.2%<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
158<\/td>\n117<\/td>\nAbsa<\/td>\n1 585<\/td>\n1 016<\/td>\n-35.9%<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
170<\/td>\n140<\/td>\nNedbank<\/td>\n1 169<\/td>\n934<\/td>\n-20.1%<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
173<\/td>\n175<\/td>\nInvestec<\/td>\n883<\/td>\n900<\/td>\n+1.9%<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
292<\/td>\n283<\/td>\nWesbank<\/td>\n416<\/td>\n384<\/td>\n-7.7%<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
347<\/td>\nNew<\/em><\/td>\nCapitec<\/td>\nNew<\/em><\/td>\n280<\/td>\nNew<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
469<\/td>\n408<\/td>\nRand Merchant Bank<\/td>\n221<\/td>\n177<\/td>\n-19.9%<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Investec, which was previously listed under South Africa, is now listed as a UK banking group. The bank saw an overall climb in the rankings from 175th in 2015, to 173rd in 2016.<\/p>\n

Brand Finance determines its brand value rankings by looking at all things related to a banking group and its brand –\u00a0defined as,\u00a0but not limited to, “names, terms, signs, symbols, logos and designs, or a combination of these, intended to identify goods, services or entities”.<\/p>\n

It specifically looks at the brand contribution, which refers to the total economic benefit that a business derives from its brand, from volume and price premiums over generic products to cost savings over less branded competitors.<\/p>\n

The group also looks at the proportion of brand value that banks derive from particular sub-sections of the industry.<\/p>\n

More on banking<\/h3>\n

Old Mutual not selling Nedbank stake to strategic investor<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

BRICS Development Bank officially open for business<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

New Capitec banking fees for 2016<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Richest banking executives in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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