The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has ordered banks and other financial services providers to immediately freeze accounts belonging to 30 nationals who ...

The Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz), has granted telecom operators the green light to increase out-of-bundle tariffs by an average ...

Eftpos, an Australia-based payments processor, has become an accredited non-government operator of a digital identity exchange under the federal government’s Trusted Digital Identity ...

Egypt’s central bank has approved the granting of licences to allow merchants to accept contactless payments from their customers’ mobile phones. It did ...

South Africa’s Competition Commission, the country’s business practice watchdog, has unconditionally approved the merger of ISPs: Afrihost, and Cool Ideas. In June, Afrihost ...

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to solicit public comment on a range of questions ...

China’s central bank has declared all transactions involving Bitcoin and other virtual currencies illegal, stepping up a campaign to block use of unofficial ...

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) signed a cooperation protocol with the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) to facilitate the issuance of licences and ...

The National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) has warned the public against dealing with financial service providers that are not licensed to operate in ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said the e-Naira which would be launched on October 1, 2021, is a form of payment ...