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Regulation & EMDE Capital Flows
Financial regulation within Advanced Economies (AEs) is a key driver of capital flows to Emerging Market and Developing Economies (EMDEs). Bank capital rules affect the ability of developed country banks to lend and invest in EMDE financial instruments. Trading book capital rules influence whether banks can deal in Emerging Market (EM) cash and derivative instruments, and they crucially affect the liquidity of markets in these securities. Insurer and bank capital rules affect incentives to invest in important exposures closely associated with EM trade and investment, most notably infrastructure projects.
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White-Label ATMs
The BASA CSC White Label ATM project aims to, among others, contribute to the sustainability of cash in South Africa by creating a cost-effective, and efficient ATM solution, which also helps meet accessibility targets set out in the Financial Sector Code.
Read MoreCCP Clearing Model Report
Read MoreFATF Grey-Listing Statement
BASA Statement on the Financial Action Task Force Grey-Listing of South Africa
Read MoreBudget Speech 2023 Statement
The Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, was realistic about the challenges facing South Africa and pragmatic in the solutions he offered in his 2023 budget speech.
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Lessons
With both a health crisis and a mobility crisis, caused by the restrictions of a National State of Disaster, the financial sector adapted their contingency plans for a financial crisis, to place the customer at the centre while rapidly shifting to a work from home environment for everyone, never anticipated by a highly regulated and conservative sector. This research covers the impact of Covid-19 on the financial sector in South Africa.
Read MoreMTB Policy Statement 2022
Read MoreSABRIC ANNUAL CRIME STATS 21
Read MoreFIC Recovers R5B Criminal Assets
The Financial Intelligence Centre’s (FIC’s) focus on providing and deriving value from its partnerships and collaborative efforts has seen its financial intelligence assisting in the recovery of more than R5 billion in criminal assets during the 2021/22 financial year (click here to access the annual report).
Read MoreTransformation Report 2022
Banks continued to meet many of the empowerment and transformation targets set in the Financial Sector Code (FSC), despite the severe economic contraction of -6,4% experienced in 2020, which reduced opportunities for job creation and inclusive economic growth.
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