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Systems thinking: A strategic management tool

22 Oct 2026 Financial Services Intelligence Watch

By Lee Rossini Systems thinking is a management approach that examines how different parts of a business interact to influence overall performance. Rather than treating problems as isolated events, it considers the relationships, processes, feedback loops and underlying structures that ...

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South Africa moves closer to establishing a Synthetic ...

22 Oct 2026 Financial Services Intelligence Watch

National Treasury and the South African Reserve Bank have published a draft framework for a Synthetic Financial Centre (SFC) aimed at strengthening South Africa’s position as a leading African financial and investment hub. The concept is intended to allow qualifying ...

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Enforcement roundup: Record US AML penalties dominate as ...

21 Oct 2026 Financial Services Intelligence Watch

By Compli-Serve The past week saw two of the largest US bank enforcement actions of the year, both centred on Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)/anti-money laundering (AML) failures. International regulators were comparatively quieter, with smaller fines, a new criminal investigation in ...

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FST rejects debarment challenge filed 525 days late

21 Oct 2026 Financial Services Intelligence Watch

The following matter was handed down by the Financial Services Tribunal on 19 October 2026: ·Parties: Sinenhlanhla Malatjie v Clientèle Life Assurance Company Limited ·Case number: FSP68/2026 Key words Debarment – representative – Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, s ...

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Systems thinking: A strategic management tool

By Lee Rossini

Systems thinking is a management approach that examines how different parts of a business interact to influence overall performance. Rather than treating problems as isolated events, it considers the relationships, processes, feedback loops and underlying structures that produce particular outcomes. It recognises that decisions made in one ...

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Working Smart

By Lee Rossini

Systems thinking is a management approach that examines how different parts of a business interact to influence overall performance. Rather than treating problems as isolated events, it considers the relationships, processes, feedback loops and underlying structures that produce particular outcomes. It recognises that decisions made in one area can have unintended consequences elsewhere. For example, in financial services, reducing the time allocated to client verification may improve onboarding efficiency but increase compliance risk, regulatory breaches and future remediation costs. Systems thinking encourages managers to evaluate these interconnected effects before making decisions, supporting a more holistic understanding of business performance.

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