Addressing the Unintended Consequences of De-Risking – Focus on Africa
SWIFT, the global provider of secure financial messaging services, has published this paper which includes …
South Africa: Reserve Bank Issues National Payment System Framework and Strategy Vision 2025
On March 12, 2018 the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) published the National Payment System …
Uganda: Mutual Evaluation Report 2016
The Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG) has published the 2016 mutual evaluation …
Namibia: Central Bank Publishes Its Position on Distributed Ledger Technologies and Virtual Currencies
On September 14, 2017 the Bank of Namibia (BON) published its position on distributed ledger …
Kenya: Central Bank Publishes Draft Guidance on Conducting ML/TF Risk Assessment
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has drafted a Guidance Note on Conducting Money Laundering/Terrorism …
Nigeria: Regulatory Framework for Bank Verification Number Operations and Watchlist for Financial System
On October 18, 2017, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), as part of its general …
Nigeria: Central Bank Issues Revised Regulation for Direct Debit Scheme 2018
On March 14, 2018, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) released the revised regulation for …
Mozambique: Central Bank Issues Alert on Risks of Bitcoin-Related Transactions
On January 8, 2018, the Bank of Mozambique released a communication document to alert all …
Nigeria: Central Bank Issues 2018 Regulation for Bill Payments
On March 14, 2018, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) issued the 2018 Regulation for …