Bay country finance credit quality remains strong

Credit quality remains strong, with non-performing loans holding at a five-year low of 0.8%. This metric supports projections for steady dividend payouts in the upcoming quarters. - 'Unprecedented': Trump order stuns pilot at SFO - Calif. theme park abruptly ends its 2025 season, angering fans - Once a quiet getaway for rich hippies, this Calif. town is booming - Teen arrested on suspicion of Vegas Strip attack that cost $100M The environmental impact assessment (EIA) process initiated earlier in 2006 confirmed the selection of three possible sites for the next nuclear power units: Thyspunt, Bantamsklip, and Duynefontein, the last of which is very near the existing Koeberg nuclear plant. All are in the Cape region and were subject to further assessment. A draft environmental impact report (EIR) was published in March 2010 recommending the Thyspunt site in Eastern Cape province near Oyster Bay, Jeffrey’s Bay and a few kilometres west of Cape St Francis. Bantamsklip is east of Cape Town near Gansbai. A final EIR was to be submitted to the Department of Environmental Affairs early in 2011. In March 2016 Eskom submitted site licence applications to NNR for both Thyspunt and Duynefontein to construct and operate "multiple nuclear installations (power reactors) and associated auxiliary nuclear installations. In December 2016 the SA Council for Geoscience confirmed the geological and geotechnical suitability of Thyspunt. In October 2017 the Department of Environmental Affairs authorized 4000 MWe nuclear capacity to be built at either site. Technical traders note that Bay Country Finance’s MACD line crossed above its signal line this week, a bullish indicator that often precedes price rallies in regional banking stocks.