Bard Santner Secures a Deposit-Taking Microfinance Banking Licence
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Staff Writer HARARE – BARD Santner Inc, a Harare-based financial services group, has secured a deposit-taking microfinance bank licence as it moves to establish a diaspora banking and…
Weekend Read: Zimbabwe’s Money Is Stable, But Is It Trusted?
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesLow inflation, rising reserves and falling interest rates signal progress. But the real test of monetary reform is whether Zimbabweans can trust their money, invest with confidence and build…
ANALYSIS| Zim’s Rate Cut Tests Whether Cheaper Money Can Buy Real Stability
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Tinotenda Bhunu HARARE – THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has cut its Bank Policy Rate from 30% to 27.5%, the second big reduction in a few months. The…
Zim Passes Another IMF Review — Now the State Must Make Room for Markets
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Tinotenda Bhunu HARARE – ZIMBABWE has cleared another IMF checkpoint. But tucked inside the good news is a warning that says more about the country’s economic problem than…
RBZ’s Lending Reset: From Consumption to Real Production
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Newton M Mambande HARARE – THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s directive urging commercial banks to cut down on lending has triggered unease across the business community. In Harare,…
ANALYSIS| Zim’s Currency Is Improving But Trust Still Needs To Be Earned
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Tinotenda Bhunu HARARE – THERE’S a peculiar moment in the life of a currency when the central bank starts telling you that you should trust it. The speeches…
MPC Rate Cut Signals Confidence but the Real Test Lies Ahead
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Tinotenda Bhunu HARARE – FOR years, Zimbabwe’s monetary authorities were forced into a defensive posture. Inflation was the enemy, exchange rate instability was the threat, and policy was largely…
An Austrian Lens: ZiGDTDF and the Mirage of Forged Steadiness
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Jabulani Simplisio Chibaya HARARE – THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has launched the ZiG Denominated Term Deposit Facility Bill (ZiGDTDF) — a new savings instrument promising positive returns…
Stability or Illusion?
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesAn Austrain Reading of Zimbabwe’s 2026 Monetary Shift By Jabulani Simplisio Chibaya HARARE – ZIMBABWE’S latest monetary snapshot for Q1 2026 presents what, on the surface, appears to be…
A Critical Look at RBZ’s Monetary Policy Resolutions
TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBy Newton M. Mambande HARARE – THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s (RBZ) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting resolutions of 24 March 2026 have sparked debate among economists and stakeholders.…