Regulatory
Inadequate knowledge and due care are root causes for material accounting non-compliances – Singaporean Accounting Regulator
The Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (Acra) has found that there is room for improvement in the quality of financial statements issued by ...
Regulatory
Banks to debit debtors’ accounts directly
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released guidelines on Global Standing Instruction (GSI) that would enable banks to debit account of loan ...
Nigeria
SEC, NITDA Collaborate on Data Protection in Capital Market
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has restated its preparedness to collaborate with the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in a bid to ...
Regulatory
India’s Telco Regulator blocks Airtel, Vodafone Idea’s premium plans on violation of service norms
Bharti Airtel on 6 July had announced faster 4G data speeds for all its Platinum customers – postpaid users paying ₹499 or above The ...
Regulatory
Uganda’s Central Bank threatens cap on Bank interest rates
The year 2020 has been a very traumatic year for the global economy following the impact of COVID-19 (coronavirus). Many African economies have ...
Regulatory
ATCON Urges Members to Comply with Nigeria Data Protection Regulation
The Association of Telecom Companies of Nigeria, ATCON, has urged members to comply with Nigeria Data Protection Regulation as stipulated by the federal ...
Regulatory
The US Considers Banning Popular Chinese App TikTok
TikTok might be banned by the US over concerns of the popular Chinese video-sharing platform’s ability to handle user data as well as ...
Regulatory
Regulatory roadblocks are holding back Colombia’s tech and transportation industries
“You know we don’t drive down that road,” my father said. I had asked him why we never took the shortest path to ...
Regulatory
World Bank Financial Policy Priorities in Response to COVID-19
The World Bank Group expectations for financial policy priorities in responses to coronavirus pandemic is contained in its document and detail the following: ...
Regulatory
CBN expands scope of regional banks in Nigeria, gives compliance timeframe
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has expanded the scope of regional banks in the country, by requiring them to open branches in ...