09/03/2015
Bankers welcome BoG’s approval of Islamic banking in Ghana
The Bank of Ghana has revealed it will complete the process to issue the first Islamic banking license in Ghana in the next 4 months.
09/02/2015
An investigation into whether fraud or reckless lending was responsible for the collapse of African Bank Investments in August 2014 will be published by the South African Reserve Bank by year end.
08/30/2015
THE International Monetary Fund team will jet in tomorrow for a review of the second economic reform plan for Zimbabwe amid indications that the country has met some of its set targets.
08/30/2015
Investors have lost about Sh470 billion on the stock market since prices of shares started falling six months ago, bruised by a volatile Kenyan currency, inflation and high interest rate regime. The losses have seen companies listed on the Nairobi Securit
08/28/2015
The “good bank” has applied for a credit provider license from the National Credit Regulator
08/28/2015
The protocol aligns the definition of a 'resident of a contracting state' with the 2010 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Model Convention.
08/27/2015
The CBN also requested the banks to send a list of products and services that were existing as at 31 March 2013
08/27/2015
Troubled South African lender African Bank, said on Thursday its so-called "good bank" has been given a go-ahead to start operations by the central bank
08/25/2015
The recommendation was premised on the review of Dubai Bank Kenya Limited by KDIC after appointment as receiver by CBK.
08/21/2015
The banking sector regulator explained that the plan was to roll out in 12 locations in the first phase.
08/20/2015
A number of issues arise from this proposed amendment.
08/20/2015
FATCA is poorly understood and adopted by companies in South Africa, mostly because it is perceived that the expertise level required for compliance is low and compliance measures are expensive.
08/19/2015
The Minister of Finance instructed the DTC to enquire into “the progressivity of the tax system and the role and continued relevance of estate duty to support a more equitable and progressive tax system”
08/18/2015
These individuals also more commonly known as 'short-term business travellers' are generally physically present in SA for periods ranging from two weeks to four months at a time.
08/18/2015
LEADERSHIP investigation showed that the bank chiefs and financial experts had also met with the state government officials to ruminate on the modalities of maintaining a single account for all the transactions in the banks.
08/16/2015
THE Deposit Protection Corporation has so far paid out $2,6 million to 9 495 depositors of six banks that were closed since 2012 and says it is lobbying for a separate insolvency regime or additional legal provisions for banks.
08/14/2015
Some of the newspapers analysed the probabilities of the economic survival due to the deposit.
08/13/2015
Bank denies claims that €70,000 were fraudulently withdrawn from fund managed by BOV subsidiary
08/10/2015
Central banks in South Africa, Ghana, Angola, Kenya and Uganda have raised interest rates this year to ease pressure on their currencies.
08/10/2015
The Central Bank of Nigeria had made the certifications statutory for banks as a way of expanding their capabilities in IT and security management systems as well as business continuity management.