08/27/2020
With around 40,000 passports believed to have been issued through investment migration programs globally, citizenship by investment is now estimated to be a $3 billion industry.
08/27/2020
All banks that have published financial results for the first six months of 2020 so far have recorded increases in credit impairments.
08/27/2020
Absa has obtained power of attorney to sell the luxury riverfront home of one of its former executives
08/26/2020
The Bill imposes a further mandatory obligation to notify the South African Police Service within 72 hours after becoming aware of a cybercrime
08/26/2020
The banking industry has walked step by step with clients, restructuring in excess of Sh840 billion (up from Sh360 billion in June), which is a remarkable demonstration of the industry’s ability to anchor the economy over the short to medium term.
08/26/2020
The most fundamental implication for direct marketing, broadly speaking, is that while the CPA provides rights and remedies for consumers which allows them to “opt-out” of direct marketing
08/26/2020
The additions extend the bank's agency plus partners in Accra, making it possible for more people to access its products and services.
08/26/2020
The changes come after Co-op Bank acquired a 90 percent stake in the small lender by injecting in Sh1 billion.
08/26/2020
But draft legislation needs more clarification.
08/26/2020
It has also approached the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for help, but it’s unclear if that will be successful.
08/26/2020
The radical economic transformation (RET) grouping, and others supporting central bank nationalisation, clinched a last-minute Nasrec win with the resolution on land expropriation without compensation.
08/25/2020
A mistake we commonly make is bypassing expert advice because we do not want to pay consultation fees.
08/25/2020
My arguments on the call for banking reforms in Sunday Vision of August 16, 2020 were specifically based on facts
08/24/2020
Onyeagwu warned that the expected benefits of AfCFTA could elude the continent if SMEs are not adequately funded and encouraged to grow through the provision of concessionary long-term funds to build capacity.
08/24/2020
Dev notes that while these crimes are becoming increasingly sophisticated, some very simple precautions go a long way to protect consumers from fraudsters.
08/21/2020
It may be noted that the MAFH is a leading FinTech association that serves to promote the cause of FinTech in Mauritius in a pan-African context and counts Fundkiss as one of its key members.
08/21/2020
Since then, the world has changed considerably and new pressing challenges have emerged for most countries: saving lives, mitigating the immediate socioeconomic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and planning the economic recovery.
08/21/2020
Mrs Sappor said integrity and ethics were the cornerstones of banking practice and the new code would exemplify that by reemphasising compliance to those values.
08/21/2020
The breach is similar to the attack on the US credit bureau Equifax in 2017. Personal records of nearly 150 million people were compromised as part of the largest data-breach in history.
08/20/2020
“These businesses will be able to continually provide essential products and services thereby achieving sustainable and inclusive growth.”