Global

El Salvador Plans to Build Tax-Free Bitcoin City

El Salvador is delving further into bitcoin and plans to issue sovereign bitcoin bonds, Bloomberg reported. The country, which has already made bitcoin ...

By Regtech AfricaNovember 22, 20210

Africa

Winners at the 2021 Africa’s Business Heroes announced

Winners of the 2021 Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) were announced on the 18th of November during a virtual live Grand Finale where US$1.5 million grant funding was awarded to the ...

By Regtech AfricaNovember 22, 20210

Global

Argentina Introduces New Tax on Cryptocurrency Effective Immediately

Argentina’s central bank has introduced a new tax rule for cryptocurrency exchanges, effective immediately. The 0.6% tax on cryptocurrency transactions affects exchanges that ...

By Regtech AfricaNovember 22, 20210

Africa

RegTech Africa Conference to drive growth and shape digital economy

Debuts next year, Seek partnership opportunities to strengthen Ecosystem The maiden edition of the annual Regtech Africa Conference has been scheduled for Wednesday ...

By Regtech AfricaNovember 21, 20210

Global

SlimPay obtains PIS and AIS approval

SlimPay, European provider of recurring payments solutions for subscriptions, has obtained PIS / AIS (Payment Initiation Service / Account Information Service) approval. This ...

By Regtech AfricaNovember 21, 20210

Global

UAE’s central bank issues new guidelines on AML

The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has issued new guidance on anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) for licensed exchange houses ...

By Regtech AfricaNovember 21, 20210

News

6 Nigerian startups attain billion dollar status — Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says no fewer than six startups owned by young Nigerians have grown from scratch to billion dollar businesses in ...

By Regtech AfricaNovember 21, 20210

Global

GBG to acquire identity platform Acuant

UK-based fraud prevention company GBG has announced its plans to buy US-based identity platform Acuant for USD 736 million to expand into the US. The acquisition ...

By Regtech AfricaNovember 21, 20210

News

Nigeria: Emefiele bags New Telegraph’s ‘Man of 2021 Economy’ award

The Governor Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele has been conferred with the Man of the Year 2021 Economy Award by New ...

By Regtech AfricaNovember 21, 20210

Global

Canada’s regulators offer guidance on crypto advertising and marketing

Canadian regulators have issued a guidance regarding the problematic advertising and marketing practices of crypto trading platforms. The joint guidance published by the ...

By Regtech AfricaNovember 21, 20210