Urgent.News

What's breaking now, across thousands of outlets.

Finance & Markets

South Africa’s Newest Lender Seeks to Take On Banks and Insurers

The fight for banking clients is hotting up in South Africa as the newest entrant works to become the preferred lender in a key sector of the continent’s biggest economy.

We haven't written up this one. Bloomberg has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

Read the original at bloomberg.com →

More in Finance & Markets

FG Cuts Interest Rate for Late Payment of Tax from October 1

Ndubuisi Francis and James Emejo in Abuja The federal government yesterday issued the Nigeria Tax Administration (Interest on Late Payment of Tax) Order, 2026, which sets the applicable interest rate

  • Nigeria reduces late tax payment interest rate from October 1, 2026
  • New rate tied to market rates, lower than previous five percentage points
  • Foreign currency tax rate set at SOFR plus six percentage points

More from Friday 25 September →