Regulatory
WhatsApp Awaits approval from India’s RBI To Launch Payments Feature
WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned messenger program, is expected to enter India’s payments market after becoming compliant with the country’s data-localization standards, according to a report ...
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Nigeria set to regulate logistics sector, met with stiff backs
There have been talks around the regulation of logistics companies in Lagos for months, with the Courier Regulatory Department, the regulatory part of ...
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CBN KICKS OFF new GSI Policy – What bank customers need to know
As the new CBN policy on Global Standing Instruction (GSI) to deny serial bad debtors any cover to operate went live in the ...
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NSE Proposes Rules on Outsourcing of Functions and Shared Services
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (The Exchange) is proposing the following new rules as additions to the Rulebook of The Exchange (Dealing Members’ Rules): ...
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Varo Money granted national bank charter
Varo Money has become the first US consumer fintech firm to be granted a national bank charter, enabling the digital challenger to offer ...
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London Stock Exchange may sell Milan bourse to secure Refinitiv deal
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) (LSE.L) said on Friday it may sell all or part of Borsa Italiana to help get its $27 ...
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Philippine SEC blacklists auditor of scammed brokerage
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has blacklisted and fined R&L Investments’ external auditor, under whose watch a rouge settlement clerk pulled off ...
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Power Plants in Iran Now Authorized to Mine Bitcoin
Power plants in Iran are allowed to mine cryptocurrencies, the deputy head of the country’s Power Generation, Distribution, and Transmission Company (Tavanir) has ...
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China Regulator Considers Antitrust Probe Of Alipay
China’s State Council’s Anti-Monopoly Commission is considering investigating Alipay and WeChat Pay, two of the county’s biggest online payment and money transfer platforms, Reuters reported. The People’s Bank ...
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Thailand Has Now Licensed 13 Cryptocurrency Service Providers
Thailand has been growing the number of licensed cryptocurrency service providers. The Thai regulators have now approved 13 crypto businesses to legally operate ...
