Crypto transfers: new client information requirements coming for CASPs and intermediaries

The ‘travel rule’ means CASPs and FSPs cannot initiate a crypto asset transfer unless they can transmit prescribed information.

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Automated advice and Fit and Proper

During the recent Moonstone Regulatory Update Workshops, Billy Seyffert, COO of Moonstone Compliance and Risk Management alluded to rather stringent requirements for those who plan to go this route. The FPI recently conducted […]

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Qualifications and Execution of Sales

The new Fit and Proper (F&P) requirements due for publication any day now contains reference to a new concept which aims to address a thorny issue, namely the different levels of complexity of […]

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Financial Soundness – at all times

At a recent meeting between senior officials of the FAIS Division of the FSB and a committee of industry members, Ms Lorraine van Deventer expressed the concern that many FSPs still do not fully […]

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Avoiding Unintended Consequences

While we await the publication of the proposed new Fit and Proper requirements, it is time to assess our own approach to change. Die Burger’s editorial comment, on 19 October 2016, raised the issue of […]

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Qualification deadline at hand

People appointed before 2010 had various options regarding prescribed qualifications, including obtaining a certain minimum number of credits, depending on what categories they were licensed for. My alert colleague, Paull Lawrence, sent us […]

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Competency Framework Review

The determination of Fit and Proper requirements, published in 2008, referred to four competency requirements: Experience Qualifications Regulatory Exams (Level 1 FAIS Legislation and Level 2 Product knowledge) Continuous Professional Development (CPD) The first two, […]

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