•  The upgrading of the national payment, clearing and settlement system to provide for much faster settlement of claims between banking institutions, and a more efficient transfer of funds between the clients of the banks. The upgraded system has also been linked to international payment and settlement systems (such as SWIFT) to provide for easier cross-border or foreign currency payments.
•  Finally, the more active participation by South Africa in multinational economic cooperation arrangements, such as the International Monetary fund, the World Bank, the Bank for International Settlements and the African Development Bank. All these actions paid off, and South Africa is at this stage already integrated to an important extent in the global financial markets.