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2026-10-12Directive 5 of 2026 - Withdrawal of previously issued specified directives
2026-09-21Application and Interpretation of Form BA 099 Requirements for Statutory Returns
2026-08-03Circular on matters relating to the use of implicit support
2026-07-10Directive 4 of 2026: Matters relating to securitisation vehicles
2026-06-30Directive 3 of 2026 - Revised requirements related to interest rate risk in the banking book
2026-05-22Guidance Notice 2 of 2026: Liquidity Risk Return Completion Instructions
2026-04-28Directive 2 of 2026 – Regulation 46 Reporting Requirements for Banks
2026-04-08Notice of the Amendment of the Designation of the Old Mutual Financial Conglomerate
2026-03-09Guidance Note 1 of 2026 - Status of previously issued guidance notes and directive
2026-03-09Mutual Banks Act Circular 1/2026: Status of Previously Issued Circulars
2026-03-09Guidance Note 1 of 2026 on the Status of Previously Issued Guidance Notes
2026-03-09Status of Previously Issued Circulars (C1/2026)
2026-02-26Directive 1 of 2026 on Governance Tenure
2025-12-11Sector Risk Assessment for South Africa’s Banking Sector (2022-2024)
2025-12-04D14 of 2025 – Large Exposure Requirements
2025-12-04Directive on the Submission of Auditor Applications for Banks
2025-11-05Memorandum of Understanding between the South African Reserve Bank and the Prudential Authority
2025-10-31D12-2025 - Credit Risk Roadmap
2025-10-22Prudential Treatment of Distressed Restructured Credit Exposures
2025-10-14Guidance Note on Climate Disclosures for Banks (G3/2025)
2025-08-12Directive D10/2025 on Pillar 3 Disclosure Requirements
2025-08-06Prudential Treatment of Credit Exposures Secured by Forest and Agricultural Land
2025-07-30C4-2025 Basel III Post-Crisis Reforms Reporting
2025-07-01Guidance on the Internal Ratings-Based Approach for Credit Risk (G2-2025)
2025-07-01Submission of Consolidated Information for Domestic Systemically Important Banks
2025-07-01D8-2025 - Threshold Amounts for Revised Standardised and IRB Approaches to Credit Risk
2025-07-01Circular C3-2025 on Granularity Criteria
2025-06-30D4-2025 Directive on BA 701 Form Completion
2025-06-30D5/2025 - Directive replacing D1 of 2025 on returns to be submitted to the PA
2025-06-30D3-2025 Leverage Buffer Requirements for Domestic Systemically Important Banks
2025-06-30Directive 6 of 2025 – Submission of Returns to the Prudential Authority from 1 July 2025
2025-06-09Matters Related to the Capital Treatment of Significant Investments in Insurance Entities
2025-05-23C2-2025 Interpretation and Application of Granularity Criteria for Retail Exposures
2025-04-07Status of Previously Issued Circulars (C1/2025)
2025-04-07Mutual Banks Act Circular 1/2025: Status of Previously Issued Circulars
2025-04-07G1/2025 Status of Previously Issued Guidance Notes
2025-01-31D1/2025 – Returns to be Submitted to the Prudential Authority
2024-12-04C2-2024 Basel III Post-Crisis Reforms Reporting
2024-11-22Supervisory Guidance on Business Risk Assessments for Money Laundering, Terrorist and Proliferation Financing
2024-10-24D5/2024 Loss absorbency requirements for additional tier 1 and tier 2 capital instruments
2024-09-11Proposed Amendments to the Banks Act Regulations Deletion of BA Returns
2024-07-09G4-2024 - Criteria for identifying outlier banks
2024-05-10G3-2024 - Guidance on climate-related disclosures for Banks
2024-05-10G2-2024 Guidance on climate-related governance and risk practices for Banks
2024-04-17D3-2024 - Minimum regulatory requirements relating to covered deposits
2024-03-12Reporting Requirements in Terms of Regulation 46
2024-03-06D1/2024 Directive on Pillar 3 Disclosure Requirements for Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book
2024-02-28Mutual Banks Act Circular 1/2024: Status of Previously Issued Circulars
2024-02-28Status of Previously Issued Circulars (C1/2024)
2024-02-28Status of Previously Issued Guidance Notes (G1-2024)
2023-12-11G4-2023 - Matters on the Use of Terrorist Financing or Other Unlawful Activity
2023-11-16Draft Prudential Standards for Co-operative Financial Institutions and Co-operative Banks
2023-10-20Eligibility of Sukuk Bond Issuance as Level One High-Quality Liquid Assets
2023-09-29Threshold Amounts for the Revised Standardised and IRB Credit Risk Approaches and Liquidity Framework
2023-08-30Directive on Matters Relating to Eligible External Credit Assessment Institutions (D7-2023)
2023-07-31Directive D6/2023 on Consolidated Credit-Related Reporting for South African Domestic Systemically Important Banks
2023-07-26MB C2-2023 - Matters Related to the Fitness and Propriety Assessment
2023-07-26C2-2023 Matters related to the fitness and propriety assessment
2023-07-26D5-2023 Reporting Requirements in Terms of Regulation 46
2023-07-18Proposed Implementation Dates for Specified Regulatory Reforms
2023-06-02Directive on Operational Resilience (D4-2023)
2023-05-18Regulatory Treatment of Accounting Provisions (D3/2023)
2023-03-09G2-2023 - Flavour of the year
2023-02-23C1-2023 Status of previously issued circulars
2023-02-23Directive D2/2023: Instructions for Completing Form BA 330 and IRRBB Reporting Requirements
2023-02-23G1-2023 - Status of previously issued guidance notes
2023-02-23Mutual Banks Act Circular 1/2023: Status of Previously Issued Circulars
2023-01-25D1/2023: Matters Related to the Net Stable Funding Ratio
2022-12-15National Discretion Related to the Liquidity Coverage Ratio
2022-12-13Joint Communication 3 of 2022: Eligible Collateral under Joint Standard 2 of 2020
2022-10-31Guidelines related to risk management practices concerning proliferation financing risk
2022-09-30D10/2022 Criteria for Identifying Simple, Transparent and Comparable Term and Short-Term Securitisations
2022-09-29D9/2022 MVTS Directive to Banks
2022-09-27Directive D8-2022: Completion of Operational Risk Return Form BA 410
2022-09-27Guidance Note G11-2022 on Operational Risk Practices and Form BA 410
2022-08-16G10-2022 Supervisory Guidelines on Preventing Unlawful Activities
2022-08-12Banks Criminal Background Check Directive for Directors and Executive Officers
2022-08-12Banks Criminal Background Check Directive for Beneficial Owners (D6-2022)
2022-08-01G9-2022 - Matters related to the credit risk models of banks
2022-07-01Prudential Authority Directive D5-2022 on Liquidity Risk Requirements
2022-06-21G8/2022 Guidance on FRTB and CVA Capitalisation Requirements
2022-06-21D4/2022 Directive on Risk Returns
2022-06-15Guidance on Correspondent Banking Risk Management Practices
2022-06-15G5-2022 Effective Implementation of Group Controls
2022-06-15G6-2022 - Business risk assessments
2022-05-11G4-2022 Revised Basel Implementation Dates
2022-04-01D3-2022 Directive on Large Exposure Requirements
2022-03-11Prudential Authority Guidance Note 3/2022 on 2022 Board Meetings and Succession Planning
2022-03-11Prudential Authority Guidance Note 1 of 2022 on Succession Planning Meetings for Co-operative Financial Institutions
2022-03-10G2/2022 - Dividends and Bonus Payments in Response to COVID-19
2022-02-28Status of Previously Issued Circulars (C1-2022)
2022-02-28D2/2022 Consistent Application Requirements Across Representative Offices
2022-02-28Mutual Banks Act Circular 1/2022: Status of Previously Issued Circulars
2022-02-28G1-2022 - Status of previously issued guidance notes
2022-02-14D1-2022: Liquidity Coverage Ratio – Scope of Application, Calculation and Disclosure
2021-12-14D10/2021 Directive on Operational Resilience
2021-11-15Principles for the Sound Management of Operational Risk
2021-10-29Withdrawal of Temporary Liquidity Coverage Ratio Relief Measure (D8/2021)
2021-10-28D7/2021 Withdrawal of the Temporary Treatment of Restructured Credit Exposures Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic
2021-10-11Prudential Authority Directive 6/2021 on Credit Risk Models for Project Finance Capital
2021-09-14Supervisory Guidelines for the Advanced Measurement Approach
2021-07-09Guidance Note 4 of 2021 - Revised Basel Implementation Dates
2021-06-09Joint Communication 2 of 2021: Effective Date for Margin Requirements on Non-Centrally Cleared Derivatives
2021-05-20Capital Framework for South Africa Based on the Basel III Framework
2021-04-15Directive 4/2021 on Externally-Facilitated Liquidity Stress Simulations
2021-04-07Guidance Note 1/2021: Application for Registration as a Co-operative Financial Institution
2021-03-12D3/2021 Reporting Requirements in Terms of Regulation 46
2021-03-12D2/2021 Directive on Additional Tier 1 Capital Instruments with Contingent Must-Pay Clauses
2021-02-26Directive D1 2021: South African D-SIBs Six-Monthly Consolidated Data Submission
2021-02-18G3 - 2021 Distribution of dividends on ordinary shares and payment of cash bonuses to executive officers
2021-02-12Prudential Authority Guidance Note 2/2021 – Flavour of the Year on New Technologies
2021-01-27Status of Previously Issued Circulars (C1/2021)
2021-01-27Mutual Banks Act Circular 1/2021: Status of Previously Issued Circulars
2021-01-27G1/2021 Status of Previously Issued Guidance Notes
2020-12-08Calculation of Derivative Exposure Amount for Leverage Ratio Purposes
2020-12-07C4-2020: Application of Requirements Relating to Residential Mortgages
2020-12-07C5-2020: Application of Requirements Relating to the Granularity Criteria
2020-09-25D6/2020 Completion and Submission of Return Relating to Operational Risk (BA 410)
2020-09-25G9/2020: Operational Risk Practices Completion and Submission of Form BA 410
2020-09-23Financial Conglomerate Designation Criteria
2020-09-09G8/2020: Continued Provision of the CLF and Introduction of a Restricted-Use CLF
2020-09-02D5/2020: Prudential Valuation Adjustment Framework
2020-08-27Capital Framework for South Africa Based on the Basel III Framework
2020-08-27C3/2020: Disclosure of capital related matters
2020-08-03PA Communication 4 of 2020: Guidance on the Duration of Banks Act Directive 3 of 2020
2020-07-14PA Communication 3 of 2020 - Non-Life Underwriting Risk Capital Requirements
2020-06-26Guidance Note 1/2020: Model Constitution for Co-operative Financial Institutions and Co-operative Banks
2020-06-25Proposed Implementation Dates for Specified Regulatory Reforms
2020-06-17Joint Communication 7 of 2020: Precautionary Measures for Financial and Payment Institutions
2020-06-02Joint Standard on Margin Requirements for Non-Centrally Cleared OTC Derivative Transactions
2020-06-01Joint Standard on Fitness and Propriety of Significant Owners
2020-05-29G6/2020: International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 9 in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
2020-05-15G5/2020: Suspension of the Flavour-of-the-Year Topic for Banks
2020-05-12C2/2020: Derecognition of Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa Bills
2020-04-07Treatment of restructured credit exposures due to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic
2020-04-06D2/2020: Temporary Capital Relief for Banks Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
2020-04-06G4/2020: Dividends and Bonus Payments in Response to COVID-19
2020-03-31D1/2020 Temporary Measures to Aid Compliance with the LCR During the COVID-19 Pandemic Stress Period
2020-03-26International Financial Reporting Standard IFRS 9 Application in Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
2020-03-18C1/2020: Status of previously issued circulars
2020-03-18Guidance Note 1/2020: Model Constitution for Co-operative Financial Institutions
2020-03-06Guidance Note 2/2020: 2020 Board Meetings on New Technology Impacts for Banks and Controlling Companies
2020-03-06Status of Previously Issued Guidance Notes (G1/2020)
2019-12-05Joint Communication 4 of 2019: Requirements Relating to Central Counterparty Licence Applications
2019-11-25Proposed Implementation Dates for Specified Regulatory Reforms
2019-09-19Guidance Note 2 of 2019: Guidelines for Business Plans, Savings and Loans Policies for Co-operative Financial Institutions
2019-09-18Exclusion of New Development Bank from the Application of the Banks Act, 1990
2019-09-12Reporting of Material Information Technology and Cyber Incidents
2019-08-27Guidance Note 5/2019: Continued Provision of a Committed Liquidity Facility by the South African Reserve Bank to Banks
2019-07-23Draft Joint Standard on Fit and Proper Requirements for Significant Owners of Financial Institutions
2019-05-23D1/2019: Matters related to Pillar 3 disclosure requirements framework
2019-04-08Draft Joint Standard on Margin Requirements for Non-Centrally Cleared OTC Derivative Transactions
2019-04-08Consultation Report on FSRA Joint Standard 1 of 2019: Margin Requirements for Non-Centrally Cleared OTC Derivatives
2019-04-08Comment Template: Draft Joint Standard on Margin Requirements for Non-Centrally Cleared OTC Derivative Transactions
2019-04-08Invitation for Submissions on the FSRA Joint Standard on Margin Requirements
2019-04-08Joint Standard on Margin Requirements for Non-Centrally Cleared OTC Derivatives
2019-04-08Joint Standard on Margin Requirements for Non-Centrally Cleared OTC Derivatives
2019-04-05G4/2019: Meetings to be held during the 2019 calendar year with the boards of directors of banks and controlling companies
2019-04-02Guidance Note G3/2019: 2019 Meetings with Executive Management of Smaller South African Banks
2019-04-01G2/2019: Meetings to be Held During 2019 with Executive Management of Foreign Branches
2019-03-12Guidance Note 1 of 2019: Registration of Co-operative Financial Institutions
2019-03-11Joint Communication 1 of 2019: Significant Owners Fit and Proper Requirements
2019-02-05Status of Previously Issued Guidance Notes (G1/2019)
2019-02-05C1/2019: Status of previously issued circulars
2018-12-07D5/2018: Completion of Return Relating to Operational Risk (Form BA 410)
2018-11-29Proposed Implementation Dates for Specified Regulatory Reforms
2018-11-09TCFI-01 Transitional Arrangements for Co-operative Financial Institutions
2018-10-09Memorandum of Understanding between the South African Reserve Bank and the Financial Sector Conduct Authority
2018-10-05Consultation Paper on Joint Fit and Proper Requirements for Significant Owners of Financial Institutions
2018-10-05Consultation Paper on Fit and Proper Standard for Significant Owners
2018-10-05Directive 4/2018 on Sound Corporate Governance and Director Appointments
2018-10-03Memorandum of Understanding between the Financial Intelligence Centre, the South African Reserve Bank and the Prudential Authority
2018-10-01PA-SARB-NCR Memorandum of Understanding
2018-10-01PA-FSCA Memorandum of Understanding
2018-09-28Prudential Authority Regulatory Strategy 2018–2021
2018-09-26Memorandum of Understanding between the South African Reserve Bank and the Prudential Authority
2018-09-06Cloud Computing and the Offshoring of Data
2018-09-06G5/2018 Guidance Note on Cloud Computing and Data Offshoring
2018-09-05Continued Provision of a Committed Liquidity Facility by the South African Reserve Bank to Banks
2018-08-17Draft FSRA Joint Standard on Margin Requirements for Non-Centrally Cleared OTC Derivatives
2018-08-15FMA Joint Standard 1 of 2018: Licensing Requirements and Additional Duties of a Trade Repository
2018-08-14D2/2018: Materiality Threshold in Respect of Exposure to a Foreign Jurisdiction in Applying Jurisdictional Reciprocity in the Countercyclical Capital Buffer Calculation
2018-07-04C2/2018: Requirements related to a due diligence audit of the financial condition of a bank
2018-04-20G3/2018: Proposed Implementation Dates for Specified Regulatory Reforms
2018-04-20Pillar 3 Disclosure Requirements – Consolidated and Enhanced Framework
2018-04-17Joint Standard: Requirements and Duties of a Trade Repository
2018-03-29Determinations Under Section 291 of the Financial Sector Regulation Act, 2017
2018-03-26Financial Markets Act, 2012 - Regulations
2018-03-06Guidance Note 2/2018: Meetings with Bank and Controlling Company Boards on Auditor Independence
2018-02-08G1/2018: Status of previously issued guidance notes
2018-02-08C1/2018: Status of previously issued circulars
2017-12-13D8/2017: Matters Related to the Net Stable Funding Ratio
2017-11-28Submission of Regulatory and Economic Capital Information by Domestic Systemically Important Banks on a Bi-annual Basis
2017-11-23Process for Specific Capital Issuances and Redemptions
2017-11-21Regulatory Treatment of Accounting Provisions – Interim Approach and Transitional Arrangements
2017-10-02D4/2017: Matters related to securitisation vehicles
2017-08-30D3/2017: Assets Lodged or Pledged to Secure Liabilities
2017-08-25Designation of Ithala SOC Limited as an Institution Not Engaged in the Business of a Bank
2017-08-24Financial Sector Regulation Act, 2017
2017-08-23G7/2017: Capital standard for bank exposures to central counterparties, the standardised approach for measuring counterparty credit risk exposures and capital requirements for banks’ equity investments in funds