Global
Plaid agrees to pay USD 58M sanction
Plaid has agreed to pay USD 58 million to resolve consumers’ claims that the financial technology company obtained and used bank account credentials and ...
Global
UK to make amendments on Money Laundering Regulations 2017
UK’s government has commenced the consultation process for further amendments to the Money Laundering Regulations 2017. Changes up for discussion stand to affect ...
Regulatory
Zimbabwe: RBZ sets 2016 benchmark for bank notes
THE Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), a crack investigations arm under the purview of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), will move to take ...
Global
US SEC Fines Poloniex $10 Million for Operating Unregistered Cryptocurrency Exchange
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Poloniex with operating an unregistered cryptocurrency exchange. Poloniex has agreed to a cease-and-desist order ...
Global
India Plans to Unveil Central Bank Digital Currency Model by Year End
The deputy governor of India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), says the bank should be able to come up with ...
Egypt
EGYPT’S CENTRAL BANK TO KEEP INTEREST RATES UNCHANGED
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to keep the Central Bank of Egypt’s (CBE) overnight deposit rate, overnight lending rate, and the ...
Global
Singapore to License Digital Payment Providers, Approves Crypto Exchange
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has notified several providers of digital payment services that they will be licensed to operate in the ...
Africa
Namibia: Central Bank to Conduct Balance of Payment Census
THE Bank of Namibia plans to conduct a balance of payment (BoP) census to increase Namibia’s BoP sample size and statistics. In a ...
Global
RBI Issues Outsourcing Guidelines For Payment System Operators
The Reserve Bank of India issued a new framework for outsourcing of activities by payment system operators. The regulator also reiterated that despite ...
Regulatory
Zimbabwe: RBZ Moves To Clear US$1,7 Billion Forex Backlog
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is moving to clear a US$1,7 billion foreign currency backlog which has been blamed for retarding progress ...