Reserve Bank moving to streamline payment systems, reduce cash usage

02 February 2025 - 00:00 By THABISO MOCHIKO

The South African Reserve Bank will allow digital payment firms to handle certain licensed banking activities while it finalises a regulatory review that could open the door for non-banking institutions to make and accept payments without a banking intermediary. ..

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