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| Nov 14, 2025 | Discovery Bank opens the crypto gates | Discovery Bank CEO Hylton Kallner
Discovery Bank’s Thursday announcement of a deal with cryptocurrency platform Luno, which will allow the former’s customers to trade cryptocurrencies online, is yet another sign that cryptocurrencies are be... |
| Mar 12, 2025 | South Africa's Crypto Crossroads: Regulation or Revolution? | South Africa stands at a pivotal moment in its relationship with cryptocurrency. The winds of change are blowing, but the path forward is fraught with challenges. The government is tightening its grip on crypto regulations, while industry p... |
| Mar 11, 2025 | Crypto crackdown in South Africa | With South Africa tightening its grip on crypto regulations, crypto asset service Providers (CASPs) must act now to avoid compliance failures.
As of 30 April 2025, Directive 9 will introduce stricter requirements for tracking and reporting ... |
| Nov 21, 2024 | Navigating the Crypto Landscape: South Africa and Nigeria's Regulatory Moves | The cryptocurrency world is a wild frontier. It’s a place where fortunes can be made and lost in the blink of an eye. In Africa, two nations are taking bold steps to shape this landscape: South Africa and Nigeria. Both countries are craftin... |
| Nov 20, 2024 | Yellow Card secures crypto licence in South Africa | Yellow Card, a pan-African stablecoin infrastructure company that raised $33 million in October, has secured a Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) licence in South Africa, a significant step in its regional expansion. This comes as South A... |
| May 15, 2024 | Crypto Sector is Focused on Getting SA Off the Greylist | Share this:
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| Mar 19, 2024 | How laundering makes ‘clean money’ from crime and dirty deeds | Stock photo of handcuffs. Image: Needpix
Laundering makes ’clean money’ appear from crime and dirty deeds. Criminal money can’t just go straight into bank accounts, but undergoes layers to look completely legitimate.
Stolen or illegal money... |
| Apr 3, 2023 | South Africa establishes forensic unit to fight financial crimes | The Financial Intelligence Centre has established a forensic unit to help the government fight corruption and prosecute complex financial crimes, part of an effort to have South Africa removed from a global watchdog’s dirty-money watchlist.... |
| Aug 13, 2022 | Nedbank fined MILLIONS by Reserve Bank. Here’s why | Nedbank is fined R35 million for failing to comply with certain provisions of the FIC Act. PHOTO: Nedbank Group
Nedbank has to pay penalties totalling R35 million fined by the South African Reserve Bank. This is because the financial instit... |
| Aug 18, 2021 | Nearly R120 million in hard cash looted from ATMs and banks during SA unrest | (Getty)
At least 1,227 ATMs and 310 bank branches fell victim to the unrest which swept across parts of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal in mid-July.
Almost R120 million in physical cash was looted in eight days, according to the South African Ban... |
| Jun 17, 2021 | Crypto fintech Centbee selected for regulatory sandbox | Joburg-based BitcoinSV Centbee has been selected as part of the first cohort for SA’s Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group (IFWG) regulatory sandbox.
The sandbox allows innovators the opportunity to test new products and services that p... |
| Jun 17, 2021 | Crypto fintech Centbee selected for regulatory sandbox | Joburg-based BitcoinSV Centbee has been selected as part of the first cohort for SA’s Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group (IFWG) regulatory sandbox.
The sandbox allows innovators the opportunity to test new products and services that pu... |
| May 11, 2020 | How Can SA’s Govt Create an Enabling Environment for FinTech innovation? | wp_booster error:
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| Jul 23, 2019 | SA’s AltCoinTrader to offer trade in non-Krugerrand gold, silver but is it legal? | SA cryptocurrency exchange AltCoinTrader has announced that it will next month allow users to trade in one-ounce gold and silver coins using its platform.
This, despite its founder Richard de Sousa (pictured above) yesterday admitting to V... |
| Jul 23, 2019 | SA’s AltCoinTrader to offer trade in non-Krugerrand gold, silver but is it legal? | SA cryptocurrency exchange AltCoinTrader has announced that it will next month allow users to trade in one-ounce gold and silver coins using its platform.
This, despite its founder Richard de Sousa (pictured above) yesterday admitting to Ve... |
| Mar 7, 2019 | In’s and out’s of investing on equity crowdfunding site Uprise.Africa [Q&A] | SA equity crowdfunding platform Uprise.Africa last week launched its third campaign, with SA mobility startup Lüla seeking to raise R2.5-million by late May, in return for giving up an 8.5% equity stake. Who then can take part in this and o... |
| Mar 7, 2019 | In’s and out’s of investing on equity crowdfunding site Uprise.Africa [Q&A] | SA equity crowdfunding platform Uprise.Africa last week launched its third campaign, with SA mobility startup Lüla seeking to raise R2.5-million by late May, in return for giving up an 8.5% equity stake. Who then can take part in this and o... |
| Feb 12, 2019 | SA financial sector authority drafts another paper on equity crowdfunding | While some may be wondering when South Africa will get its own regulations governing equity crowdfunding, the authority that oversees financial regulations in South Africa appears to be in no rush to draft rules — having recently completed ... |
| Feb 12, 2019 | SA financial sector authority drafts another paper on equity crowdfunding | While some may be wondering when South Africa will get its own regulations governing equity crowdfunding, the authority that oversees financial regulations in South Africa appears to be in no rush to draft rules — having recently completed ... |
| Jan 16, 2019 | SARB calls on the public to comment on consultation paper on crypto assets | As part of its first steps to regulate crypto assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) today called on the public to provide comments on a consultation paper on crypto assets.
The Reserve Bank, together wi... |
| Jan 16, 2019 | SARB calls on the public to comment on consultation paper on crypto assets | As part of its first steps to regulate crypto assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) today called on the public to provide comments on a consultation paper on crypto assets.
The Reserve Bank, together wit... |
| Jul 3, 2017 | SA startup ThisIsMe claims can process FICA filing in record three minutes | South African fintech startup, ThisIsMe claimed today to have set a new record for making a Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment (FICA) filing on behalf of accounting institutions. It says it can do the filing in just three minutes — dow... |
| Jul 3, 2017 | SA startup ThisIsMe claims can process FICA filing in record three minutes | South African fintech startup, ThisIsMe claimed today to have set a new record for making a Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment (FICA) filing on behalf of accounting institutions. It says it can do the filing in just three minutes — dow... |