Technology becomes essential in SA’s financial crime fight
13 Aug 2026
Financial Services Intelligence Watch
ITWeb reports that fraud, corruption, state capture and human trafficking remain major drivers of financial crime in South Africa, with politically connected structures, hidden beneficial ownership and compliance failures helping illicit funds move through the economy. Speaking at nCino KYC’s ...
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Pension Fund criticised over nine-year death benefit delay
13 Aug 2026
Financial Services Intelligence Watch
IOL reports that the Pension Funds Adjudicator has strongly criticised the Chemical Industries National Provident Fund after a death benefit claim submitted in August 2017 remained unresolved almost nine years later. The deceased had been a member of the fund ...
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Client segmentation in a financial services context
12 Aug 2026
Financial Services Intelligence Watch
By Lee Rossini Client segmentation is the process of dividing a business’s client base into distinct groups that share similar characteristics, needs, behaviours or financial objectives. Rather than treating every client in the same way, segmentation enables a business to ...
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NM Maphosa v New Life Retirement Annuity Fund ...
12 Aug 2026
Financial Services Intelligence Watch
The following matter was handed down by the Financial Services Tribunal on 11 August 2026: ·Parties: NM Maphosa v New Life Retirement Annuity Fund and Pension Funds Adjudicator ·Case number: PFA21/2026 Key words Reconsideration application – FSR Act, s 230 ...
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