News - SADC Banking Association

PUBLIC-PRIVATE – PARTNERSHIPS IN AFRICA

by sadcadmin on 25/04/201825/04/2018 Newsletters

Government and business leaders across Africa have come to accept Public-Private-Partnerships (PPPs) as a means of procuring and financing infrastructure projects. The SADC BA acknowledges the contribution of this article by André Kruger, Head Trainer, NBF. An increasing number of countries are developing PPP policies [...] View more

SADC BA TRAINING IN THE REGION

by sadcadmin on 25/04/201825/04/2018 Newsletters

INCREASING THE SKILLS AND CAPACITY OF BANKERS IN THE REGION IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE WORK OF THE SADC BANKING ASSOCIATION. It is within this context that the SADC BA are expanding its training offering further to include the following training programmes for the [...] View more

The SADC BA Update Issue 13 – APRIL 2018

by sadcadmin on 25/04/201825/04/2018 Newsletters

The SADC BA is pursing mobile payments, ahead of the other mechanisms, as part of its cross-border payment initiative. This strategy has the support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This year the SADC BA has worked with banks and mobile money service providers [...] View more

Multi-Currency Project

by sadcadmin on 25/04/201825/04/2018 News , SIRESS

The introduction of the United States dollar (USD) as a settlement currency on the SIRESS cross-border payment system is on track to go live in October 2018.SADC HIGH VALUE USD CREDIT TRANSFER WILL WORK THE SAME AS ZAR TRANSFERS WORK TODAY The Committee of Central [...] View more

E-Newsletter Issue 12 – October 2017

by sadcadmin on 01/10/201704/12/2017 Newsletters

Comoros BECOMES A MEMBER OF SADC At the 37th SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government meeting in Pretoria, Republic of South Africa has admitted the Union of Comoros as a new member of SADC. The admission of the Union of Comoros will bring [...] View more

SADC Low Value Credit Transfer Payments

by sadcadmin on 29/09/201704/12/2017 News

Work groups comprised volunteers from the interested banks and MPSPs and met several times in person and via eMeetings through 2016 and early 2017.

Regional Payments Integration, Financial Inclusion, and Remittances in the SADC

by sadcadmin on 29/09/201704/12/2017 News

Improved availability of affordable digital financial services is a pressing need in developing economies. This need is also acute for cross-border payments, both generically

E-Newsletter Issue 11 – April 2017

by sadcadmin on 01/04/201704/12/2017 Newsletters

SADC BA TRAINING EXPANSION IN THE REGION The SADC Banking Association embarked on their Payments Training in the region during October 2015. The training was successfully delivered in the Common Monetary Area (CMA) - South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho and Namibia as well as Zimbabwe from [...] View more

E-Newsletter Issue 10 – August 2016

by sadcadmin on 01/08/201604/12/2017 Newsletters

TREK4 MANDELA TEAM SUMMITS MOUNT KILIMANJARO ON MADIBA'S BIRTHDAY It is a proud moment for the SADC BA as it celebrates the outstanding achievement of Mr. Cas Coovadia, Vice Chairperson of the SADC Banking Association and MD of the Banking Association of South Africa. Congratulations! [...] View more

Industry communique Growth in Africa

by sadcadmin on 06/05/201529/09/2017 News 255 Comments

Figures released on the eve of the 22nd SWIFT African Regional Conference provide evidence of Africa’s growth and development of intra-Africa corridors The main domestic hurdles to growth have been strikes and power supply disruptions. Cape Town, 4 May 2015 – Data from SWIFT shows […]