Global
Thailand’s central bank outlines safeguards for a future retail CBDC
The Bank of Thailand (BoT) has published the results of a new study into how to manage the implications of issuing a retail central bank ...
Nigeria
CBN Moves to Strengthen Cybersecurity in Other Financial Institutions
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday moved to strengthen cyber resilience of Other Financial Institutions (OFIs) under its regulation in order to ...
Global
Global: Jamaica’s Central Bank Says Court Order Required to Track CBDC Transactions
The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), the country’s central bank, has said customer protections prevent the ability to trace digital dollar transactions despite the ...
Egypt
EGYPT : CENTRAL BANK OF EGYPT JUSTIFIES INFLATION HIKE DURING JULY 2021
Egypt’s annual headline urban inflation increased to 5.4% in July 2021, compared to 4.9% in June 2021, mainly affected by unfavorable base effects. ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: NITDA, SON in strategic move to raise the bar on IT standards in Nigeria
A new dawn for IT standards is set to emerge with the readiness for synergy and cooperation between the National Information Technology Development ...
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 ...
