An overview of the first draft of the conduct of financial institutions bill and the potential impact on the national payment system in South Africa

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2020

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Juta Law

Abstract

Over the last decade National Treasury (‘Treasury’) has been rigorously acting on its commitment to promote a stable and safe financial sector for South Africa. The means by which Treasury elected to do so was the decision to move to a twin-peaks model of financial sector regulation in South Africa (‘the Twin Peaks’). Through the introduction of various carefully drafted legislative and regulatory instruments, South Africa, on 1 April 2018, welcomed the introduction of the Twin Peaks model of financial sector regulation through the commencement of the Financial Sector Regulation Act 9 of 2017 (‘FSR Act’). On this very same day, we saw the establishment of the two main Twin Peaks regulators: the Prudential Authority (‘PA’) and the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (‘FSCA’).

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South Africa, The conduct of financial institutions bill, National payment system, Twin-peaks model, Financial sector

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Lawack, V., & Visagie-Swart, L. (2020). An overview of the first draft of the conduct of financial institutions bill and the potential impact on the national payment system in South Africa. SA Mercantile Law Journal, 32(1), 129-155