Egypt
Egypt’s FRA Introduces New Digital and Cybersecurity Regulations for Insurance Sector
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has unveiled a new set of digital and cybersecurity regulations governing the establishment and operation of websites by ...
Nigeria
Nigeria Implements New USSD Billing Framework, Telcos to Deduct Charges Directly from Airtime
Nigeria’s telecommunications sector has taken a major step toward resolving the long-standing dispute over Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) charges, with the adoption ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Zenith Bank Targets June 2025 Exit from CBN Regulatory Forbearance, Reaffirms Capital Strength
Zenith Bank Plc, Nigeria’s largest financial institution by Tier-1 Capital, has announced its commitment to meet all regulatory requirements necessary to exit the ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: SEC Cautions Public Against Zugacoin and Samzuga GPT, Labels Them Unregistered Meme Coins
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a public warning against investing in Zugacoin and Samzuga GPT, identifying both as unauthorised and ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: NIBSS Unveils ISO 20022-Compliant National Payment Stack to Power Digital Innovation
The Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) has officially launched the National Payment Stack (NPS)—a state-of-the-art, ISO 20022-compliant digital payment infrastructure designed to transform ...
Regulatory
Global: China Accelerates Push for Digital Yuan and Multi-Polar Currency Order
China is intensifying efforts to globalise its central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital yuan, while championing the creation of a multi-polar international ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: CBN Suspends Dividends, Bonuses for Select Banks Under New Stability Directive
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced the temporary suspension of dividend and bonus payments for a select group of banks as ...
Regulatory
Global: Fairmint Urges SEC to Adopt Blockchain Framework for Modernizing Private Markets
Blockchain infrastructure firm Fairmint has submitted a comprehensive proposal to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), advocating for the modernization of private ...
Regulatory
Global: Philippine SEC Revokes Licences of 401 Lending Firms Over Compliance Failures
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the Philippines has revoked the corporate registrations and secondary licences of 401 lending companies for persistent ...
Nigeria
Nigeria’s SEC to Develop Stablecoin Framework to Boost Cross-Border Trade and Digital Finance
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Nigeria has unveiled plans to establish a comprehensive regulatory framework for stablecoins—an initiative designed to unlock ...
