The delegates from the Private Sector Development Department in the Ministry of Finance of Lesotho visited the Authority on the 19 th October 2016 .The purpose of the visit was to gain insight on our practices in the ownership and exercise of oversight over public enterprises and other related...
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PUBLIC NOTICE The Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority (“NBFIRA”) hereby informs members of the public that BLUE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (PTY) LTD (“Blue”) is now authorised to proceed with its normal business operations including the processing of new loans. Members of the public are...
In line with the NBFIRA effort of promoting consumer financial education to the stakeholders the Authority was invited to do a presentation at Lobatse Town Council Full Council session. The objective of the presentation is to create awareness of the mandate of NBFIRA and to educate councilors and...
The Authority presented to the Batlokwa National Primary School teachers on the 15th of September 2016. This was in pursuit of promoting financial education and promoting the NBFIRA mandate. During the successful presentation, the teachers were accorded time to ask questions and air their views...
The Authority participated at the department of consumer affairs community outreach held in Letlhakane on the 09th September 2016 organized and coordinated by the Ministry of Trade and Investments. The event gave the Authority the opportunity and the platform to interact with customers as well as...
The Authority as part of stakeholder engagement and consumer education initiatives, participated at the just ended 2016 Botswana consumer fair from the 22nd till the 28th of Auguust 2016. The theme for this year was ít's more than just shopping',. The theme encouraged service providers as NBFIRA to...
The Authority in pursuit of stakeholder engagement, conducted a Lending Activities industry meeting to address all developments around regulatory issues facing the micro lending industry. The meeting was held for the Cash Loan owners in Jwaneng on the 18th of August 2016. Regulatory developments,...
Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority (NBFIRA) has developed prudential rules for large micro lenders as per Section 50 of the NBFIRA Act, 2006. These rules have been developed under Technical Assistance of International Monetary Fund (IMF). In this regard, NBFIRA held meetings with...
Botswana has an obligation to support international efforts to prevent, suppress and disrupt proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the financing of terrorism. In furtherance of the above, regulated entities are required to search their databases for any existence, dealings or...
The Authority presented its mandate and Financial education to the Lobatse Senior Secondary School students on the 8th of August 2016. NBFIRA acknowledges that people should be educated about financial matters as early as possible in their lives” and promotes the notion that “financial education...
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