05/13/2022
Financial Sector Assessment Program and Financial Sector Stability Assessment
Banks have withstood the crisis well, helped by liquidity support from Central Bank of West African States and policies to support domestic demand.
Regulation,Tax & Compliance
05/12/2022
Bank of Central African States Urges CAR to Annul Bitcoin as Currency
The bank urged the CAR to comply with CEMAC in promoting economic and financial cooperation and avoiding policies that may lead to monetary fluctuations.
05/12/2022
South African banks with the most fraud complaints
The number of complaints the Ombudsman for Banking Services adjudicated increased by 7% compared to 2020.
05/11/2022
Auditing watchdog sounds alarm about accounting standards in SA
"In the absence of such a body, there is a risk that there is self-regulation happening in the country, where interpretation of accounting standards is done by the private sector itself, which is such a risk,"
05/09/2022
Zimbabwe suspends bank lending in bid to arrest currency decline
The southern African country reintroduced a local currency in 2019 after abandoning it in 2009 when it was hit by hyperinflation
05/04/2022
New pensioner rule changes planned for South Africa
Under the current regulations, a person is considered an ‘older person’ from 65 as a man and from 60 as a woman.
04/29/2022
Wema Bank Debunks Money Laundering, Bribery Claims
The publication went ahead to mention the names of certain Wema Bank management staff to be allegedly involved in the said transaction.
04/28/2022
StanChart spends Sh214m on retrenchment of staff
Stanchart’s staff costs declined to Sh6.5 billion in the year ended December from Sh7.8 billion a year earlier as it benefitted from the cumulative cost cuts.
04/28/2022
Development Bank Disburses N482bn to Boost MSMEs
The bank’s total assets also increased by 1.4 per cent from N492.3 billion in 2020 to N499.2 billion in 2021.
04/27/2022
Beneficial ownership transparency: how to fix a serious secrecy loophole in the automatic exchange system
This loophole works because the beneficial owner of an account is not always reported under the OECD’s standard (CRS) and is never reported by the US under the inter-governmental agreements (IGAs) related to the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (F
04/27/2022
Kenya eyes $244m budget support from IMF
Kenya will access $244 million, bringing the total IMF support in a 38-month financing facility to $1.17 billion under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and Extended Credit facility (ECF).
04/27/2022
Trends in African Arbitration
Combined caseloads from the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) that involve at least one party from a sub-Saharan African state have also risen, nearly tripling.
04/26/2022
Making tax dispute resolution more effective: New peer review assessments for Andorra, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Faroe Islands, Macau (China), Morocco and Tunisia
Andorra, Macau (China) and Tunisia ensure that MAP agreements can always be implemented notwithstanding domestic time limits.
04/26/2022
Your World in Jersey: Reasons why many South Africans are moving to the Island
There are historical links between Jersey and South Africa, too.
04/25/2022
South Africa Reserve Bank Governor Advises Regulators to Evolve with the Financial Markets
Project Khokha 1 examined the use of blockchain for interbank settlements by successfully replicating some functions of the South African real-time gross settlement (RTGS) system on blockchain.
04/25/2022
Wema Bank Debunks Money Laundering, Bribery Story
The Bank has already engaged its solicitors to institute appropriate l0egal action.
04/22/2022
Fed Ends Consultation With Kraken, Custodia Nearing Access to Payment Rails
Financial institutions interested in obtaining payment services including ACH, cash, check and wires can open an account or receive services from the Federal Reserve.
04/21/2022
Uganda ready to host East African Central Bank
She hailed Acting Commissioner for Economic Development Joseph Enyimu for his presentation, that hall all the elements often missing when our economic ambassador address audiences abroad.
04/19/2022
Absa charges policymakers to sustain growth in pension sector
She dissected the pension industries and shared strategies necessary for improving the business of pension in the domestic market.
04/18/2022
CBN Fines 10 Banks
The CBN by regulation forces banks to retain up to 27.5 per cent of their deposits in CRR requirement, meaning that the deposits are not accessed by the banks for loans and advances.