OPINION | No bank required? SARB moves to open SA’s payment system

News24 Business26 October 2026 at 14:22

South Africa is not moving towards a payment system without banks, but a banking licence may no longer be the default route into payments. If implemented well, the reforms could create a more open, competitive and accessible payments market, write Angela Itzikowitz, Era Gunning and Dylan Martheze…
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