Financial Services

Financial services company DirectAxis has reached an agreement with the South African Rugby Union to sponsor the Currie Cup domestic competition.

Financial services company Bank Negara Indonesia has agreed a deal to become title sponsor of the 2016 edition of the Indonesian Masters golf event.

German insurance company Nürnberger Versicherungsgruppe has extended its title sponsorship agreement with the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tournament held in the city of Nürnberg.

The Australian Rugby Union is searching for a new title sponsor for the Super Rugby club competition in the country after insurance company Asteron Life opted to end its partnership.

French brokerage company Rapidoprêt has agreed a shirt sponsorship deal with En Avant de Guingamp, which plays in the country’s Ligue 1 top-tier of domestic club football.

Banking group ANZ has agreed a deal to become the title sponsor of the Netball Elite League, New Zealand’s newly-formed domestic club competition.

The Indian Rugby Football Union, the governing body of rugby union in the country, has agreed sponsorship deals with French financial services group Societe Generale, German sportswear manufacturer Puma and solar energy company Proinso.

Banking group NatWest has upgraded its long-running association with the England and Wales Cricket Board to become the body’s principal partner.

Online binary options trading company EZTrader has extended its partnership with the German Handball Association (DHB).

Travel money specialist FairFX has entered into a partnership with English Premier League football champion Leicester City.

English Premiership rugby union club Leicester Tigers has signed kit sponsorship deals with financial management company Mattioli Woods and independent aggregates business Breedon.

German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) clubs EWE Baskets Oldenburg and the Giessen 46ers have renewed jersey sponsorship deals with insurance company Öffentlichen Versicherungen Oldenburg and banking group Volksbank, respectively.

Canadian banking group RBC has extended title sponsorship agreements with the Heritage and Canadian Open PGA Tour golf tournaments.

The German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) has agreed a partnership with TeamBank, under which the financial services company’s easyCredit brand will take on naming rights to the top-tier club competition.

Payment services company Visa has agreed a deal to sponsor a team of refugee athletes that will compete at the Rio 2016 summer Olympic Games in Brazil.

Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson has signed a four-year extension to its partnership with Italian Serie A football club Juventus.

Banking group Santander is set to replace rival BBVA as title sponsor of the top two divisions of Spanish club football, according to multiple reports.

Leading South African cricket franchise the Titans has announced Multiply, a subsidiary of the MMI Holdings financial services group, as its new title sponsor.