Namibia
Namibia: Communications Authority to issue 5G spectrum in March 2023
The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia will issue spectrum for 5G by March 2023, which will be accompanied by a consumer awareness campaign ...
Nigeria
Nigeria’s SEC Wants Balance Between Tech Innovation, Investor Protection
Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said that it is trying to create a balance between investor protection and technological advancement. Mr. ...
Global
Global: Brazilian President Signs Off on National Crypto Rules
President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil has approved a bill of crypto industry regulations most recently passed by the nation’s Senate and Chamber of ...
Kenya
Kenya: Oppo fined Sh5m for breaching data laws
Mobile phone reseller Oppo Kenya is the first casualty of the recently enacted privacy laws after it was fined Sh5 million by the ...
Global
Global: Germany orders Standard Chartered to hold more capital
The German financial regulator BaFin said on Thursday (December 22, 2022) that it had ordered the local operations of Standard Chartered to hold ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: SEC warns investors about 4 blacklisted Italian e-commerce firms
Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned the Nigerian investing public to desist from dealing with four blacklisted Italian e-commerce companies. The ...
Global
Global: UAE fines six companies $871,000 for breaking anti-money laundering law
The UAE has fined six companies Dh3.2 million ($871,000) for breaching provisions of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing law as the ...
Global
Global: Deloitte fined ÂŁ900,000 by watchdog over SIG audit failures
Deloitte has been fined more than ÂŁ900,000 by the accounting watchdog after failures in its audit of the building materials firm SIG. The ...
Global
Global: British bank TSB fined ÂŁ48.65 million over IT platform migration failures
British lender TSB has been fined ÂŁ48.65 million ($59.07 million) over a botched IT platform migration in 2018, the Financial Conduct Authority and ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: CBN may withdraw banks’ forex license over diaspora remittances
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, threatened to withdraw foreign exchange dealership licences of banks that partner with International Money Transfer Operators, IMTOs, ...