FirstRand chief executive officer Sizwe Nxasana told Business Day that although it was still 'early days', he saw the possibility of FirstRand's operating units, such as First National Bank and Wesbank, benefiting from opening up of the Indian banking sector.
Murray, who opened a savings account of $85,000 on May 19, told bank employees, "With all this mess going on under President Obama with banks and the economy, I'm sure if citizens happen to lose their money, they will rise up and we could see killing and deaths," according to ABC News.
China's e-commerce giant Alibaba, which completed the world's largest initial public offering ever this month, has won approval from authorities in Beijing to establish a private bank as it diversify into financial services.
In 1910 the who's who of Wall Street met in total secrecy in an American town to work towards the first draft of the bill that would finally give the United States a central bank.