The financial regulator wants to engage finfluencers, while taking enforcement action against those providing financial advice without authorisation. (Image created via Gemini) The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has already fined several finfluencers for regulatory breaches, warning that influencers who offer financial advice without adequate authorisation could face enforcement action. The warning was delivered during…
The shutdown caused chaos in airports across the US as politicians feuded over funds for Trump’s immigration crackdown.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has apologized to members of a Canadian community where a mass shooting took place earlier this year for not flagging the ChatGPT account of the shooter to law enforcement. “The pain your community has endured is unimaginable,” Altman wrote in a letter shared Friday on social media by the British Columbia…
Tom Homan, White House border czar, speaks at a press conference at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Feb. 4, 2026. John Moore | Getty Images Border czar Tom Homan on Thursday said President Donald Trump has agreed to conclude the monthslong federal immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota. “We’ve seen a big change…
Two US citizens were killed in Minneapolis during the crackdown dubbed “Operation Metro Surge”.
South Africa has reaffirmed its commitment to enforcing its immigration laws and upholding national sovereignty, while indicating that allegations involving the private data of United States officials will be addressed through diplomatic channels. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) said the recent deportation of seven Kenyan nationals…
Sars commissioner Edward Kieswetter The South African Revenue Service is sticking to its guns over taxing social influencers and plans to conduct outreach programmes so that they know what is expected from them. No matter how influencers are remunerated – whether with products, services or travel – all of these are deemed as income according…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is newly flush with billions from the “One Big Beautiful Bill” spending legislation and under pressure to rapidly hire 10,000 new agents. But one tactic it recently tried to do that hiring — aggressively recruiting new agents from some of its most trusted local law enforcement partners — may have alienated…
Hawken McEwan, director of risk and compliance at nCino KYC Africa. While there is a great deal of work being done behind the scenes to combat financial crime in SA, fintech and legal experts have urged greater collaboration between the public and private sector to tackle money laundering and other forms of fraud committed using…
