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In a positive development for economic growth and investment, National Treasury announced on Friday<\/u><\/a> that South Africa has taken a major step towards being removed from the Financial Action Task Force (\u2018the FATF\u2019) grey list after completing all 22 action items set out in its 2023 Action Plan.<\/p>\n

Following the FATF Plenary on 13th<\/sup> June 2025, the global watchdog praised South Africa\u2019s demonstrable increase in investigating and prosecuting complex financial crimes and reforming its national anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing strategy. Signifying a notable turnaround in compliance efforts, this progress has triggered the final step in South Africa\u2019s bid to exit the grey list: an official on-site assessment by the FATF\u2019s Africa Joint Group. If successful, this inspection will formally conclude the country\u2019s greylisting status.<\/p>\n

In light of the pejorative impact of greylisting on commercial and economic progress, the announcement will no doubt be welcomed by businesses, investors, bankers, multilateral institutions, and developers. The wide-reaching benefits of South Africa\u2019s potential grey list exit include enhanced financial credibility on the international stage, smoother cross-border transactions, increased foreign direct investment and capital inflows, and a strengthened Rand.<\/p>\n

At STBB, our team of more than 120 skilled attorneys celebrate South Africa\u2019s progress and look forward to supporting our clients with streamlined cross-border transactions and other business dealings, property development matters, exchange control assistance, and commercial property finance transactions.<\/p>\n

For comprehensive legal guidance, contact our specialists at info@stbb.co.za<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

This content is the property of STBB. We encourage the sharing of our content for informational purposes. However, if you wish to copy or reproduce our content on your own platform or website, please ensure that proper credit is given to STBB.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a positive development for economic growth and investment, National Treasury announced on Friday that South Africa has taken a major step towards being removed from the Financial Action Task Force (\u2018the FATF\u2019) grey list after completing all 22 action<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":364,"featured_media":41803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,108],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-newsflash"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNewsflash | SA on the brink of grey list exit - STBB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/newsflash-sa-on-the-brink-of-grey-list-exit\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Samantha Smith\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/newsflash-sa-on-the-brink-of-grey-list-exit\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/newsflash-sa-on-the-brink-of-grey-list-exit\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Samantha Smith\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/805b4884d2d0620da8c730a20588b52a\"},\"headline\":\"Newsflash | SA on the brink of grey list exit\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-17T09:05:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-25T17:20:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/newsflash-sa-on-the-brink-of-grey-list-exit\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":290,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/newsflash-sa-on-the-brink-of-grey-list-exit\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/HeaderFinanceAnalysis-4.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Latest\",\"Newsflash\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/newsflash-sa-on-the-brink-of-grey-list-exit\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/newsflash-sa-on-the-brink-of-grey-list-exit\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/newsflash-sa-on-the-brink-of-grey-list-exit\\\/\",\"name\":\"Newsflash | SA on the brink of grey list exit - 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