Nigeria
Nigeria: NITDA Imposes N10 Million Fine On Soko Loan For Data Privacy Invasion
The NATIONAL Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has imposed a sanction of N10 million on an online lending platform, Soko Lending Company Limited ...
Regulatory
Tanzania: Court Orders Standard Chartered to Pay 150m/ – Damages to Banker
THE High Court in Dar es Salaam has ordered Standard Chartered Bank and Petromark Africa Limited to pay 150m/- damages to a banker ...
Nigeria
CBN gets court’s order to freeze 4 fintech companies’ accounts
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reportedly secured a federal high court’s order in Abuja to freeze accounts of four fintech companies ...
Regulatory
Uganda: Economy Not Recovering Soon – Bank of Uganda
The second wave of COVID-19 appears to have hit the economy severely and dimmed prospects for a quick recovery, according to the latest ...
Global
Central Bank of Argentina President Hints at Possible Regulation of Bitcoin in Payment Systems
Miguel Pesce, president of the Central Bank of Argentina, hinted at some kind of regulation coming for bitcoin transactions soon. In a digital ...
Global
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issues stricter standards for banking licences
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has issued stricter standards for prospective neobanks that apply for banking licences following Xinja’s collapse. Applicants will need to ...
Global
South Korea expands crypto regulations to foreign entities
South Korea’s Anti-Money Laundering-related law, the Act on Reporting and Using Specified Financial Transaction Information, has been amended and went into effect on ...
Global
BitMEX agrees to pay USD 100 M to settle US charges
BitMEX, a virtual currency derivatives exchange, has agreed to pay up to USD 100 million to settle US charges of unlawfully accepting customer ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Unclaimed dividends now N170bn – SEC
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday said the total unclaimed dividends in the Nigerian capital market stood at N170 billion as of ...
Regulatory
Current Account Deficit Widens – Bank of Tanzania
THE current account deficit widened to 1,414.2 million US dollars from 1,127.0 million US dollars in a similar period last year on account ...