Browsing: SARB

As part of the mooted Cash Smart Strategy, a national programme led by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), aims…

In a fast-evolving digital payments landscape, cash still continues to play a critical role in the South African economy. In…

While the housing market continues its recovery trajectory, an increasingly cautious approach to lending amid growing inflationary pressure linked to…

In a world described as fractured and fragile, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has chosen the path of unwavering…

Luno, South Africa’s oldest cryptocurrency exchange, welcomes the acknowledgement of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) that the rapid rise…

In a landmark move set to redefine the nation’s financial landscape, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has officially become…

With the surge in natural disasters in the last decade, the Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), Lesetja…

A recent working paper by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) sheds light on how agency banking could be a…

South Africa’s financial landscape stands at the edge of a big transformation. By opening up the payments space to non-licensed…

On 18 April 2024, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) published its digital payments roadmap. The document entitled Digital Payments…

South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Governor Lesetja Kganyago has announced that the bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has unanimously agreed…

by Andre van den Berg, Director, Banking and Finance; Zanrie Linstrom, Candidate Attorney; and Pooja Pundit, Candidate Attorney at CMS…

The South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has hiked the repurchase rate (repo rate) by 50 basis points…

Money on blockchains is inevitable. The component pieces are the regulations, the technology and the behaviour. The regulations and the…

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has established South Africa’s first deposit insurance body to protect bank depositors and bring…

The SA Ministry of Finance has placed Habib Overseas Bank Limited (Habib Overseas Bank) under curatorship owing to governance, compliance,…

 PayShap, South Africa’s first low value, interbank, real-time digital payments service, has been launched in the country. It is currently…

Network International, a Middle East and Africa’s digital payment company, has announced that its cloud-based, integrated payment suite for merchants,…

The repurchase rate (repo rate) in South Africa reached 7% after the SA Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)…

The South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has hiked the repurchase rate (repo rate) by 75 basis points.…

South Africa could avoid possible greylisting if it implemented recommendations in the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) mutual evaluation report.…

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) announced plans to begin regulating cryptocurrencies in 2023, treating them as financial assets rather than as…

The SA Reserve Bank (SARB) is likely to again increase its interest rates next week, say economists at the Bureau…

This week, South Africa completed its proof-of-concept, Project Khokha 2, for its looming Digital Rand, which included a decentralised trading platform,…

The Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group (IFWG) Innovation Hub has announced the launch of Project Khokha 2 to explore the policy…