The strength of the system is only as good as its weakest link so it is essential that all participants in payment systems and the financial system more broadly manage and mitigate these risks. Regulators may have a role to play in encouraging the adoption of minimum standards. Resilience The final area I want to focus on is resilience of payment systems.
These relaxations required large amounts of funds, for example to enable South African resident companies to invest about R20 billion in foreign direct investment projects, and to enable institutional investors to diversify about R30 billion of their investments in foreign currency denominated assets.