Articles about FSCA

FSCA finds no illegal activity at Livestock Wealth

The authority finds no evidence of unlawful activity, but issues penalties to Livestock Wealth for creating a false licensing impression.

OpEd: 2026: the year AI regulation bites

AI is a cross-cutting issue for just about every regulator you can think of, in South Africa including the powerful trio of ICASA, the Competition Commission, and the FSCA.

Inside IIS’s compliance and cyber security platform

Infotech Integrated Solution’s platform fosters continuous readiness, integrating monitoring, cyber security, reporting and governance into a single, intuitive environment.

A smarter path to FSCA compliance

Compliance shouldn’t feel like an annual scramble. It should be continuous, understandable and actionable, says Mauritz du Toit, CEO of Infotech Integrated Solutions.

Financial regulator expands crypto investment choices

South Africa’s Financial Sector Conduct Authority issues new licences for crypto platform, VALR.

Crypto players call for reforms to unlock over R500m in extra tax

Updating SA’s crypto regulations to bring them in line with global best practice would generate at least R540 million in additional tax revenue, say industry players.

Crypto poses high risk of money-laundering, terrorist financing in SA

The Financial Intelligence Centre warns that the country’s crypto sector carries a high inherent risk for the growing community of crypto users and businesses.

SA banks heading into the path of an API tsunami

The urgency is due, in part, to ongoing modernisation efforts and growing open banking regulations, says Pieter de Wet, business development lead at FutureBank.

New crypto exchange Afridax goes live

Afridax looks to take on established players such as Luno, VALR, Ovex and AltCoinTrader in SA’s bourgeoning crypto-currency market.

Dr Patrice Motsepe targeted in deepfake investment scam

The Financial Sector Conduct Authority alerts the public to a new investment scam featuring deepfake videos of the businessman.

Arctic Wolf releases guide to FSCA cyber resilience requirements

The new standards require financial institutions to implement comprehensive cyber security frameworks, policies and governance practices to secure their operations.

Should all tokens be equal in the crypto market?

Since SA is still at the beginning of its crypto asset regulatory journey, it is expected that further clarity will be provided in the future, says Lerato Lamola, partner at Webber Wentzel.