{
  "id": 15754305,
  "title": "Reserve Bank seeks to break banks’ stranglehold on payments",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/reserve-bank-seeks-to-break-banks-stranglehold-on-payments",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T13:42:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/business/2026-10-20-reserve-bank-seeks-to-break-banks-stranglehold-on-payments/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The South African Reserve Bank is proposing a framework that could allow regulated non-bank providers to offer specified payment services without a banking licence, as it seeks to increase competition and reduce costs.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}