06/13/2014
Zimbabwe: Moves to calm jittery banks
Foreign-owned financial institutions have indicated that they will withdraw if forced to indigenise
06/13/2014
Foreign-owned financial institutions have indicated that they will withdraw if forced to indigenise
06/12/2014
The bank was fined for promoting top management staff without CBN’s approval
06/10/2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission says financial institutions need to scrutinise and tighten its investigative structures on customers to minimise fraud in the industry.
06/10/2014
Banks have been asked to implement too many policies in a short period
06/09/2014
The Central Bank of Nigeria has fined banks N1.2 billion for violating the guidelines of the Commercial Agricultural Credit Scheme.
06/08/2014
This is to ensure that bank customers and residents of those states are not caught unawareness when the policy, which seeks to migrate people from the dominant cash activities to electronic portals for their various transactions.
06/05/2014
The ultimate goal of the legislation is for the IRS to obtain information
05/29/2014
The CBN noted that equally worrisome was the fact that most CCOs do not report directly to the board of directors
05/27/2014
A negative verdict could slow down Nairobi's quest to become an international financial centre
05/26/2014
Tanzania’s 90 metric tonne stockpile of ivory valued at about $50 million si to be destroyed
05/26/2014
Kenyan banking customers will soon get full disclosure of what exactly goes into their loan charges.
05/23/2014
Business in Africa is advancing rapidly, due in no small part to the efforts of the compliance industry
05/20/2014
The South African Reserve Bank has relaxed regulations for private companies in the country, which now makes it possible to transfer intellectual property offshore, reports TechCentral.
05/19/2014
The objective of the charter is to facilitate the transformation of the Namibian financial sector and to bring about tangible benefits for Namibians.
05/14/2014
A flood of new regulations in financial services makes it difficult for new entrants to break into an already highly consolidated sector
05/14/2014
Africa’s sustainable economic growth rests on the faithful and committed implementation of the ongoing policy and regulatory reforms, improved governance, political stability on the continent and other business facilitation reforms
05/09/2014
The Bank of Ghana has hosted the fifth meeting of the Financial Stability Board Regional Consultative Group for Sub-Saharan Africa in Accra.
05/07/2014
Bosa refers to Saccos operating their services like loans and repayments
05/06/2014
FirstRand continues to grow and improve access to finance
05/02/2014
Under regulations that took effect at the beginning of last month, a registered credit bureau must remove adverse consumer credit information within two months of April 1 2014.