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16 August 2026 Financial Services Intelligence Watch

Guidance Note 7B: How extensively must RMCPs be updated?

By Compli-Serve

The short answer is that every accountable institution should conduct and document a GN 7B gap assessment, but not every RMCP requires a complete rewrite. GN 7B is a targeted strengthening of the existing framework. An RMCP that already properly addresses proliferation financing, technology and product-change risk, evidence-based ...

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South Africa must sustain compliance gains to avoid returning to FATF grey list

SA must take bold steps, includ­ing shak­ing up the status quo, to push through the struc­tural reforms that are cru­cial to jump-start­ing slug­gish eco­nomic growth, SARB Gov­ernor Lesetja Kgan­yago says. In a wide-ran­ging inter­view with Busi­ness Day, Kgan­yago expan­ded on a call he made dur­ing a pub­lic lec­ture at Unisa last ...

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Working Smart

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 understand differences between clients and tailor its products, communication, service levels and advice accordingly. In financial services, where clients can vary significantly in wealth, financial knowledge, risk tolerance and life circumstances, effective segmentation is valuable.

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