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NON-BANK FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REGULATORY AUTHORITY The Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority (“NBFIRA”) would like to inform members of the public that it has taken a decision to revoke Itekanele Health Scheme’s (“Itekanele”) exemption. Please note that the effect of the revocation...
The Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority (“NBFIRA”) would like to inform members of the public, that it has lifted the temporary closure placed on BONA LIFE (PTY) LTD (“BONA LIFE”) as BONA LIFE has put in place appropriate measures to regularise their identified non-compliances. S...
Kindly find attached an update to the UNSC Sanctions list. Regulated entities (referred to as specified parties under the Financial Intelligence Amendment Act 2018) are required to search their databases for any existence, assets, dealings or relationship with the listed entities from the United...
following the link below; /sites/default/files/UNSC-Sanctions-List-Update-Libya.pdf
Members of the public may access the 2018 NBFIRA Annual Report by following the link below; /sites/default/files/Etudiant-%20Public%20Notice.docx
Members of the public may access the 2018 NBFIRA Annual Report by following the link below; http://www.nbfira.org.bw/sites/default/files/NBFIRA%20ANNUAL%20REPORT%202018_0.pdf
The FAFT guidance highlights some of the ML/TF risks of the securities and insurance sectors and the measures to mitigate them through the implementation of the risk based approach FATF GUIDANCE ON RBA FATF-RBA-Life-Insurance (FATF)RBA-Securities-Sector
BACKGROUND The Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority (NBFIRA) was established in 2008 to regulate and supervise the NBFI sector in order to safeguard the stability, fairness and efficiency of the non-bank financial sector. The Authority’s regulatory portfolio encompasses a wide...
October 15 th 2018 NBFIRA 3/3/5-II (24) To: AML/CFT Compliance Officers / Principal Officers - Non-Bank Financial Institutions (“NBFIs”) Dear Sir/Madam, We refer to the captioned subject matter. Botswana has an obligation to support international efforts to prevent, suppress and disrupt money...
The Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority participated at the MVA Old Naledi community outreach to educate the public of its mandate and financial services regulation. NBFIRA...Working Towards Financial Stability!!!

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