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BAl\'KING A.tvJE'\1)l'vfENT
(l)
the Sovereign Wealth Fund of Zimbabwe established by
the Sovereign Wealth Fund of Zimbabwe Act [Chapter
22:04] (No.7 of2014); or
(m) such other institution as may be prescribed;
"foreign banking institution" means a banking institution which
is not registered in Zimbabwe and whose head office is
situated outside Zimbabwe;
"group of companies" means a holding company and its
subsidiaries, as defined in section 143 of the Companies
Act [Chapter 24:03], and "member" in relation to such a
group means any one of those companies;
"independent", in relation to a director of a banking institution
or controlling company, has the meaning given to it in
subsection (4);
"mobile banking" means an arrangement that allmvs a customer
of(a)
a banking institution; or
(b)
a licensee under the Postal and Telecommunications
Act [Chapter 12 :05]; or
(c) any other operator of a wireless communication system;
to access any financial service activities through a mobile
device, whether the arrangement is operated by the
banking institution, licensee or operator concerned or by
an independent operator;
"principal officer", in relation to a banking institution or controlling
company, means an officer referred to in section 20(2);
"principal shareholder", in relation to a banking institution or
controlling company, means a person who owns or controls
more than(a)
five per centum; or
(b)
such other percentage as may be prescribed for the
purpose of any provision of this Act;
of the shares or voting stock of the banking institution or
controlling company;
"problem banking institution" means a banking institution whose
capital adequacy, asset quality or liquidity or solvency is,
or will be (in the opinion of the Registrar), significantly
impaired unless there is a major improvement in its financial
resources, risk profile, strategic business direction, tisk
management capabilities or quality of management;
"special purpose vehicle" means (by whatever other name it is
called, including a special purpose entity or special purpose
company) a company or entity created by a banking institution
or controlling company solely or primarily for one or any
combination of the following purposes(a)
the owning or securitising of a particular set of loans,
assets or other investments, and distributing the risk
to investors;
(b)
the marketing of financially engineered products;
(c)
avoiding tax;
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