Middle East & Africa Reg Desk

Tuesday, 2026-10-06 · covering the last 24h

Gulf

No update to the Saudi CMA's two open consultations on algorithmic-trading restrictions (comments due 24 Oct 2026) and mandatory twice-yearly earnings calls (comments due 29 Oct 2026), nor to its offshore-dealing (closes 27 Oct) or IPO book-building/underwriting (closes 22 Oct) consultations. No other material new rules, consultations or circulars from Tadawul/Saudi Exchange, UAE SCA/DFSA/ADGM/DFM/ADX, Qatar QFMA/QSE, Kuwait CMA/Boursa Kuwait, Bahrain CBB, Oman, or the Gulf central banks (SAMA, CBUAE, QCB) in the window.

Israel

No material new rules or consultations from the Israel Securities Authority, TASE, or the Bank of Israel in its rulemaking capacity in the window.

Africa

Kenya — CBK/National Treasury consult on a National Payment System Bill overhauling payments regulation. The Treasury and the Central Bank of Kenya published a draft National Payment System Policy and a draft National Payment System Bill, 2026, which would repeal the National Payment System Act and introduce a payment-switch interoperability mandate, new capital thresholds for payment service providers, and cross-provider interoperability requirements, with expanded CBK supervisory and enforcement powers over payment firms. Public comments close 9 October 2026. Draft National Payment System Policy

No other material new rules, consultations or circulars from South Africa's FSCA/JSE or the SARB, Egypt's FRA/EGX or the CBE, Nigeria's SEC/NGX or the CBN, or Morocco's AMMC/Bank Al-Maghrib in the window.

Informational only — summaries of public regulatory and central bank sources; not advice.