FSB takes regulation to the people

The Financial Services Board will be in Soweto in October as part of its effort to take its regulatory functions to the public.

Aptly themed, ‘Taking Regulation to the People’, the event will take place over two days,

-- Wednesday, 14 October and Saturday, 17 October – at Uncle Tom’s Community Centre, next to the Hector Peterson Memorial, in Soweto.

‘Taking Regulation to the People’ entails FSB staff members going into communities to afford consumers and potential consumers of financial products and services access to the services of the regulator.

Consumers and service providers will be able to enquire about various financial issues that affect them. More specifically, FSB staff will be on hand to:

The FSB’s Consumer Education Department will also be available to provide information on long-term and short-term insurance, collective investment schemes and various other financial products and services.

It is envisaged that the project will be rolled out to other communities in future.