Finance

How the Collapse of Morocco’s BNDE Reshaped Banking Regulations

More than twenty years after its dramatic collapse, the Banque Nationale de Développement Économique (BNDE) continues to haunt Morocco’s financial history. Bank Al-Maghrib, led by Abdellatif Jouahri, has extended by one year the liquidation process of the former state development bank, a delay Jeune Afrique describes as reflecting the difficulty of settling the accounts of […]

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Libya E-Payment System Collapses After Record Two Million POS Transactions in a Single Day

Central Bank of Libya has issued an apology following a major disruption to the country’s electronic payment infrastructure, after an unprecedented surge in transaction volumes triggered system instability across commercial banks. According to the Bank, around two million point-of-sale (POS) transactions were recorded in a single day across approximately 67,000 terminals nationwide, placing excessive strain […]