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FNBB joins race to formalise Metshelo Savings

The country’s largest commercial bank, First National Bank Botswana (FNBB), has joined the commercial race to formalise group savings schemes known as metshelo, as financial institutions and retailers compete to capture one of Botswana’s most entrenched informal financial systems.
The country’s largest commercial bank, First National Bank Botswana (FNBB), has joined the commercial race to formalise group savings schemes known as metshelo, as financial institutions and retailers compete to capture one of Botswana’s most entrenched informal financial systems.

The country’s largest commercial bank, First National Bank Botswana (FNBB), has joined the commercial race to formalise group savings schemes known as metshelo, as financial institutions and retailers compete to capture one of Botswana’s most entrenched informal financial systems.

In a market announcement last week, FNBB said it would introduce a dedicated Motshelo Savings Account designed to provide a digital banking solution for saving scheme groups that have historically operated outside mainstream banking.

Announcing the launch, FNBB Retail Director Monkgogi Mogorosi said that metshelo remain a vital financial practice cutting across income levels.

Editor's Comment
BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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