02/04/2016
EMIR provides for cooperation arrangements between ESMA and the relevant non-European Union authorities whose legal and supervisory framework for CCPs have been deemed equivalent to EMIR by the European Commission.
02/03/2016
Bank of America and Standard Chartered decided to stop supplying greenbacks to Angolan banks late last year, apparently over concerns about lax regulation.
02/03/2016
The violation is in respect of what the guidelines said about interests to be paid to mobile money customers.
02/01/2016
Politics and finance seem to be the reasons for the bulldozers’ no-show at the site on the Congo River.
02/01/2016
Another day, another oil producer in trouble.
02/01/2016
Africa’s biggest economy in talks with World Bank, AfDB as seeks to spend way out of economic crisis—a hint of Keynesian economics.
01/28/2016
CBK has a game plan of curbing money laundering, taming fraudulent money movements, while zeroing in on those financing corruption, criminal and terrorism activities.
01/26/2016
Okonkwo noted that the current fiscal year may get tougher, with the prospect that oil price may drop further.
01/26/2016
Yet, we all know that when it comes to Imperial Bank, the governor can hardly assume the moral high ground.
01/25/2016
The Jeddah-based Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector will commit an intial $30 million for the SME fund and would help seek additional investors to increase its size to $100 million, a joint statement said.
01/22/2016
National Bank of Egypt, the country's largest state bank, is seeking a licence to conduct local-currency banking in mainland China, through its Shanghai branch.
01/20/2016
The market reaction to Nene’s dismissal, with the rand and bonds tumbling, may deter the government from taking unexpected steps that affect the national treasury.
01/20/2016
In the first six months of 2015, BFA operations made up 70% of BPI profits.
01/20/2016
A bank spokesperson says: "Regulatory compliance and anti-money laundering and risk management are top imperatives for [the bank].
01/19/2016
Last year, Regulation 29 was finally promulgated as a subset of Regulations 15 and 28
01/19/2016
The law requires the bank to file its defence in 20 days and if the Central Bank is not satisfied, then Stanbic Bank Tanzania will be compelled to pay the fine
01/19/2016
Egypt's central bank is considering listing shares in two major banks on Cairo bourse, chief Tarek Amer announced Tuesday.
01/18/2016
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group, met on 13 January 2016 to approve the Integrity Due Diligence Policy on non-sovereign operations.
01/14/2016
Owners say they were kept in the dark over the regulator's decision to disburse Sh8 billion through Kenya Commercial Bank and Diamond Trust Bank late last year.
01/14/2016
According to him, the country could not afford to remain in the current situation