The Communications Regulatory Association of Southern Africa (CRASA) Postal Financial Services forum took place on August 30-31 in Lilongwe, Malawi. The 2-day forum was designed to bring together postal financial services experts and stakeholders to discuss the development of a common Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) policy and regulatory framework.
This framework was designed to support the development of postal financial services in a consistent and coordinated fashion, perhaps enabling cross-border cooperation and flows. The first day was devoted to selected background presentation on current implementations of postal financial services in the region, typical business models, and an analysis of current postal service financial services regulatory regimes in SADC.
The second day was devoted to a structured discussion of regulatory issues and possible solutions in the SADC region. The stakeholder forum is part of a research project commissioned by CRASA. The report from this project will incorporate the discussions and suggestions from the forum.
Mr. Boon was one of the main speaker during both days.
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