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Setting achievable business goals

29 Jan 2026 Financial Service Intelligence Watch

By Lee Rossini Setting business goals is a fundamental management activity that provides direction, focus, and a basis for measuring success. In a financial services business, well-defined goals help align strategy with daily operations and long-term growth. Understanding what business ...

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Standard Bank of South Africa Limited and Wiid ...

29 Jan 2026 Financial Service Intelligence Watch

Summary of Free State High Court (Bloemfontein) decision involving Standard Bank of South Africa Limited and Wiid and Others. The following matter was handed down by the Free State High Court (Bloemfontein) on 22 January 2026: · Standard Bank of ...

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Hawks crackdown on alleged boiler-room syndicates highlights criminal ...

28 Jan 2026 Financial Service Intelligence Watch

The arrest of six alleged bogus investment scammers and twenty-five call-centre agents in Johannesburg on 27 January 2026 highlights the continued enforcement focus on unlicensed investment activity under the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, 37 of 2002 (FAIS Act). ...

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US sanctions remain a real risk for South ...

28 Jan 2026 Financial Service Intelligence Watch

* Renowned economist Dawie Roodt says that the US could easily impose financial sanctions on SA if it really wanted to damage the country, but individuals are more likely to be targeted. Roodt said that sanctions are a big stick ...

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Latest Compliance News

February 2026 Crypto Asset Supervisory Engagement Forum (CASEF)

The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) will host its next Crypto Asset Supervisory Engagement Forum (CASEF) on 25 February 2026, continuing its structured engagement with licensed Crypto Asset Service Providers (LCASPs) on AML, CFT and CPF compliance matters

CASEF has become a central supervisory platform in South Africa’s crypto regulatory ...

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What South African crypto providers need to know now

By Compli-Serve

Licensing milestones, supervisory reality and the compliance imperatives shaping 2026

The South African crypto-asset market enters 2026 in a markedly different regulatory position to where it stood even two years ago. What was once a largely unregulated, innovation-led environment has now matured into a structured regulatory regime with ...

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Cybercrime surges as phishing overtakes protocol hacks in early 2026

* Article is a synthesis of widely reported events in the crypto market, not directly pulled from a single publicly available source.

In the final two weeks of January 2026, the crypto and digital-asset sector experienced a sharp increase in cyber-related losses, driven overwhelmingly by phishing and social-engineering attacks rather than ...

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Working Smart

By Lee Rossini

Setting business goals is a fundamental management activity that provides direction, focus, and a basis for measuring success. In a financial services business, well-defined goals help align strategy with daily operations and long-term growth. Understanding what business goals are, how they differ from objectives, and how to set achievable goals is essential for sustainable performance.

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