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Open Finance in South Africa: Promising moves, but challenges ahead
The South African Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA’s) publication of their Open Finance Policy recommendations (dated March 2024) is a [...]
Overwhelm and inertia – using consumer insights in financial consumer protection supervision
Consumer outcomes: the holy grail. If you think about it, consumer protection is the ultimate raison d’être of all financial sector regulation. [...]
The Remittance Innovation Toolkit: Guidance on improving access to remittances
There’s no disputing the contribution of migrant remittances to the economic well-being of friends and family back home. For many African [...]
A new approach to tackling deforestation
Over the past three years, the Global Stocktake (GST) embarked on a consultative journey to assess progress towards the objectives of the Paris [...]
Navigating a career in data science
There is demand for skilled professionals in the field of data science as organisations are increasingly adopting a data-driven approach. From [...]
Building the fundamentals of a welfare-enhancing digitalised economy
Digitalisation per se has marginal impact; the crux is the way it is leveraged and implemented. We need a better understanding of how digital [...]
Supporting the development of a digital finance index
Digital financial services are transforming global financial service provision and access. Rapid developments in fintech are disrupting and [...]
The untold realities of women cross-border traders
A diagnostic study on women cross-border traders between South Africa and Lesotho, Malawi and Mozambique​  Informal cross-border trade plays a [...]
Guidance on developing a data and analytics strategy
In today’s data-driven world, many organisations recognise the importance of leveraging data insights to make decisions. However, once they attempt [...]
A decade of microinsurance innovation: promising or ‘meh’?
In October 2023, Doubell Chamberlain spoke to Rishi Raithatha about the impact that innovation and technology has had on the microinsurance market [...]