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The SADC Payment System project currently have the following projects:
Integration Project
The Committee of Central Bank Governors (CCBG) of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), at its meeting held in Pretoria in May 2009, granted approval for the initiation of the SADC Payment System Integration project. The SADC Payment System Project team (the project team), as the CCBG sub-group responsible for payment systems, had requested that it be allowed to initiate a process to develop a conceptual framework for an integrated regional payment environment. The project team would engage other CCBG sub-groups and in their interaction ensure that interfaces between the different functional areas are examined, and that broader requirements for regional integration are considered when developing the payment system conceptual design. Various CCBG sub-groups address different areas of their CCBG responsibility, for example, Legal, Financial Markets, Banking Supervision and Technology Infrastructure. Read more . . .
Remittance Project
Remittance flows from South Africa to other Southern African Development Community (SADC) member countries are predominantly informal. Affordable formal options are not readily available to undocumented migrants and low-income clients wishing to send money across the border. These clients continue to place their trust in informal money transfer mechanisms, either transferring money in person or using the extensive taxi and bus network. The World Bank has placed an emphasis on reducing the cost of worker remittances globally. Read more . . .
Transactions Cleared
on an Immediate Basis (TCIB) Payment Scheme Project
The World Bank (WB) plans to
initiate a Recipient Executed Trust Fund (RETF) with the objective of
supporting the implementation of the SADC Low Value Credit transfers known as
the Transactions Cleared on an Immediate Basis Payment Scheme (TCIB), a project
under the SADC Committee of Central Bank Governors (CCBG ). The South African
Reserve Bank, as the chair of the SADC Payment System Subcommittee (SADC PSS)
and SADC Payment System Oversight Committee (PSOC) has been requested by the World
Bank to act as the RETF recipient for the implementation the project on behalf
of the SADC region. The project implementation will be delivered in a phased
approach, in collaboration with the SADC Banking Association and BankservAfrica
as the implementation partner.
SADC P176529 Stakeholder Engagement Plan - Final
SADC P176529 Environmental and Social Commitment Plan - Final