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The Banking Enquiry depended entirely on the voluntary submission of information by all interested parties and their willingness to have the significance and reliability of that information tested in co-operation with the panel and supporting staff of the Enquiry. 

Access to Submissions Received

As the Enquiry was on-the-record, the Enquiry undertook to make all submissions received available to stakeholders and the general public subject however to the restrictions on disclosure of confidential information provided for in the Competition Act.  Accordingly, sections of any submissions over which confidentiality has been claimed cannot be made public and any such sections have either been blacked out in the submission or have been separately lodged with the Enquiry by the relevant stakeholder. 

Submissions Received

The non-confidential submissions listed below were received by the Enquiry. The documents which are in PDF may be opened directly or downloaded to your computer by right clicking and using the Save Target As command. Please click on the document title.

Banks

Nedbank Limited Doc 1 - Factual Information Response

Doc 2 - Factual Information Response

Doc 3 – Terms of Reference Response

ABSA  Submission Chapters 1-3

Submission Chapter 4

Annex 1 – Intro to ABSA and the Banking Environment

Annex 2 – Background Info on Banking Legislation

Annex 3 – Background info on NPS

Annex 4 – CRA International Report on SA Banking Industry    Confidential – Not Available

Annex 5 - Report on International Banking Charges

Annex 6 – Comments on Falkena Report

Annex 7 – Comments on Fairness and Complex Monopoly

Standard Bank  Submission

Appendix 1 - Comments on Falkena Report

Appendix 2(a) - Comments - Feasibility Report

Appendix 2(b) - Comments Feasibilty Report

Appendix 3 - New Easy Guide

Appendix 4 - Segment Guide

Appendix 5 - Players –Outer Core - NPS

FirstRand Bank Initial Submission

Annex 1 - Response - Factual Information

Annex 2 – Market Share Data  - Confidential – Not Available

Annex 3 – Pricing & Price Changes over Time            Pricing options

Annex 4 – FNB and Innovation

Annex 5 – Intro to FirstRand Group

Annex 6 – Product level costs and revenues - Confidential – Not Available

Annex 7 – Relevant banking metrics

Annex 8 – Measurement - banking metrics 

Annex 9 – Role of banks – SA economy

Annex 10- Economic cycle – effects on FRB

Annex 11- Regulatory Framework

Annex 12 - Comments on Competitive Report - Confidential – Not Available

Mercantile Bank  Submission
Capitec Bank Submission
Ithala Limited  Submission

Annexure A – Debit Card Service Charges

Annexure B – Service Fee Schedule

Annexure C – Fee Structure : Housing Loans

Annexure D – Map of Ithala branches

Card Associations

VISA Response to Banking Enquiry

Annexure A – Visa Exemption granted by Competition Commission

Annexure B- Correspondence with SARB- Multiple Acquiring & Sorting at Source

Annexure C – Shareholders Agreement - Confidential – Not Available

Annexure D – Certificate of Incorporation- State of Delaware

Annexure E – Visa Operating Regulations -  Confidential – Not Available

Annexure F – Visa By-Laws - Confidential – Not Available

Annexure G – Certificate of Registration SA (CM49)

Annexure H – Fee Guide - Confidential – Not Available

Annexure I – Article by W.F. Baxter - Withdrawn pending copyright clarification

Annexure J – CEMEA Default Interchange Rate - Confidential – Not Available

Annexure K – Nabanco vs VISA USA Judgement

Annexure L – Article by JC Robert & J. Tirole - Withdrawn pending copyright clarification

Annexure M – Various Visa Publications

American Express Submission
MasterCard Submission

Retail Sector

Shoprite Checkers   Submission
Pick ‘n Pay Submission
SARPIF Submission

Non-Banks

Rural Housing Loan Fund Submission
Micro Finance South Africa (MFSA) Submission
Fundumo Submission
Net 1   Submission
ATM Solutions Confidential – Not Available
Wizzit  Submission

Consumer & Civil Society Groups

SA National Consumer Union Submission
Bench Marks Foundation Submission
Financial Sector Campaign Coalition Submission

 Overseering Associations

Ombudsman for Banking Submission

Comments on Feasibility Report

Annexure A : Composition on the Ombudsman

Banking Association Covering Letter & Submission

Submission to Portfolio Committee “Bank Charges & Small Loan Organisations”

Appendix A : Can Commercial Banking in SA earn a satisfactory ROE?

Appendix B : Arrangements to Protect Clients and Common Misunderstandings on how banks function

KPMG Study : Bank Margins and Related Profitability in SA

The National Credit Regulator Submission
Payment Association of South Africa   (PASA)   Submission

Other Submissions

Eskom Submission
Intecon Submission
Commercial Independent Bureaux Association (CIBA) Submission

General Public

The Enquiry received numerous relevant submissions or letters from the members of the public.

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