South Africa is known globally for having an efficiently run, well-regulated and stable financial services industry. And the enterprise tasked with regulating this robust sector, the FSB, was largely successful - which begs the question: why change this regulator to the FSCA in 2018?
An analysis of financial inclusion in South Africa shows that affordability limits poor households' access to formal financial services...
Velenkosini Matsebula & Derek Yu 1 day ago
With the help of a WhatsApp chatbot, Absa Life funeral policyholders can now access basic policy information at any time of the day or night...
Praekelt 3 days ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that sections of the long-awaited Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPIA) will finally be enforceable from 1 July 2020...
Johan Botes and Kirsty Gibson 24 Jun 2020
Six years ago, a cashless policy became fully operational in Nigeria. The aim was to encourage electronic transactions with a view to reducing the amount of physical cash in the economy...
Oludayo Tade 24 Jun 2020
The Presidency has announced the commencement of certain sections of the 2013 Protection of Personal Information Act...
22 Jun 2020
Despite the given current uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic, it is possible to foresee some changes that are already taking place in the South African economy...
22 Jun 2020
In a severely depressed market, banks are retreating, traditional lending has all but dried up, and the the Sarb is cautioning against extraordinary shocks. Alternate finance may hold the key to keep the economy ticking over.
15 Jun 2020
Cabinet has approved the tabling of the Financial Sector Laws Amendment Bill, 2020, in Parliament, National Treasury has announced...
12 Jun 2020
The South African banking sector has a global reputation for being robust, well-regulated and resilient. These characteristics have stood the industry in good stead during times of crisis in the past...
Tijsbert Creemers-Chaturvedi 10 Jun 2020
We chatted to Clayton Hayward, co-founder and MD of UKheshe, to find out more about the Ukheshe platform, what some of the barriers are for financial inclusion among SA's youth...
Sindy Peters 4 Jun 2020
Standard Bank has partnered with the Small Enterprise Finance Agency to help spaza shops purchase stock through government funding...
4 Jun 2020
The concept of open banking is forcing banks to rethink financial services as it's understood today. Realising that this is the new frontier, the FSCA is far advanced in its research into open banking...
Sindiswa Makhubalo 3 Jun 2020
Financial stress testing indicates that the largest South African banks are expected to remain resilient through the current period affected by the Covid-19 outbreak, even under severe stress scenarios...
2 Jun 2020
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