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The Prudential Authority of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) issued a directive on the calculation of net stable funding ratio (NSFR) for banks
January 25, 2023
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The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) issued amendments to the credit risk management (Module CM) and the financial crime (Module FC), and the anti-money laundering and combating financial crime (Module AML) modules
January 18, 2023
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The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) published its business plan for 2023-2024 to support the growth of Dubai and UAE as a well-regulated and forward-thinking financial services hub.
January 16, 2023
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The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA), earlier known as the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, published the final Basel III reforms and the consultations on "instructions" (or guidelines) for practicing financial aggregator services
December 28, 2022
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The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) proposed amendments to the requirements on recategorization of certain non-performing exposures as performing under the Credit Risk Management (CM) Modules, with the consultation period ending on January 05, 2023.
December 22, 2022
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The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) launched a consultation, which ends on January 06, 2023, on revisions to certain aspects of the framework for bank exposures to interest rate risk in the banking book (IRRBB)
December 20, 2022
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The Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) issued a guideline on sustainable finance for local banks.
December 04, 2022
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The Bank of Mauritius (BoM) proposed guideline that sets out the framework for a sound and prudent approach by banks when dealing with virtual-asset-related activities, with the feedback period for the consultation ending on December 30, 2022.
November 30, 2022
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The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) proposed a directive on the calculation of net stable funding ratio (NSFR) for banks, along with the draft prudential standard on the transfer of assets and liabilities of designated institutions in resolution.
November 29, 2022
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The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) amended the Capital Adequacy Module (Module CA) of the CBB Rulebook Volume 1 for conventional banks and Volume 2 for Islamic banks.
November 08, 2022
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The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) announced that it is developing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure guidelines to assist companies with ESG integration and reporting against a broad range of ESG factors.
November 06, 2022
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The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) published the open banking framework, granted permits to four fintech firms to operate under its Regulatory Sandbox, and granted licenses to three payment financial technology companies specializing in e-commerce payments and e-wallet services.
November 02, 2022
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The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) published the Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group's (IFWG) first regulatory sandbox report.
November 02, 2022
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The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) published a thematic report on cyber risk assessment practices and announced that the Crypto Token regime will come into effect from November 01, 2022.
November 01, 2022
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The Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) announced the testing of a new Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) product and a new e-wallet product within its regulatory sandbox.
October 23, 2022
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The Qatar Central Bank (QCB) issued two circulars on the implementation of capital adequacy requirements (Pillar 1), based on Basel framework revisions as well as on the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) 23 standard.
October 13, 2022
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The Prudential Authority (PA), which was established under the auspices of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), is proposing to amend banking regulations to incorporate the remaining components of the final Basel III post-crisis regulatory reforms issued by the Basel Committee.
September 30, 2022
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The Bank of Mauritius (BOM) published guidelines on the use of cloud services and revised an existing guideline on cross-border exposure for banks.
September 07, 2022
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The Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK), as part of its digital transformation strategy, plans to launch an advanced and improved digital portal for the banking sector.
September 06, 2022
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The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) updated the Regulatory Sandbox framework and granted permits to two fintech firms to operate under its Regulatory Sandbox.
August 31, 2022
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The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) published the supervisory guidelines for matters related to the prevention of banks or controlling companies being used for any money laundering, terrorist financing, or other unlawful activity.
August 16, 2022
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The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) published amendments to the outsourcing requirements and proposed revisions to the high-level controls module (Module HC) under Volumes 1 and 2 of CBB Rulebook.
July 25, 2022
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The Dubai Financial Services Authority (Dubai FSA) announced that it will accept applications from local and international firms interested to join its Innovation Testing License Program.
July 20, 2022
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The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) published directives on liquidity risk and risk-return as well as proposed directives on completion of operational risk return (Form BA 410) and certain reporting requirements for banks.
July 01, 2022
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The Bank of Mauritius (BOM) issued guidelines on stress testing and additional macro-prudential measures for the banking sector.
June 29, 2022
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The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) proposed to amend the cybersecurity requirements, in addition to amending the General Requirements Module of the CBB Rulebook.
May 23, 2022
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The Dubai Financial Services Authority (Dubai FSA) updated certain Rulebook modules for financial sector entities, including banks, following the legislative amendment proposals set out in the consultation paper no. 142.
May 19, 2022
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The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) published Guidance Note 4/2022 on the proposed revised implementation dates for certain regulatory reforms under Basel III.
May 11, 2022
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The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) issued regulations applicable to crowdfunding platform operators, proposed revisions to outsourcing requirements, and published a circular on resolving discrepancies in the Bahrain Credit Reference Bureau, BCRB, reporting.
May 09, 2022
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The Bank of Mauritius (BOM) issued guidelines on additional macro-prudential measures for banking sector, standardized approach to credit risk, and climate risk management.
April 01, 2022
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