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Spotlighting Importance of Compliance & Financial Crime Prevention
Yellow Card, the largest licensed stablecoin-based infrastructure provider operating across over 60 countries, including Nigeria and over 20 countries in Africa, has been nominated for multiple awards at the Morgans Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC) Financial Crime Awards 2026 (Africa Edition).
The nominations includes “Organizational Excellence in Governance, Risk, and Compliance Award”.
The Morgans GRC & Financial Crime Prevention Awards recognize individuals and organizations that are setting the benchmark for excellence in governance, risk management, compliance, cybersecurity, fraud prevention, and the fight against financial crime across Africa.
The awards, which celebrate leaders who are strengthening trust, resilience, and accountability within the financial services ecosystem, were founded in 2020 and have expanded beyond Africa to Europe and other parts of the world.
Yellow Card received a total of seven nominations across five categories. One institutional nomination in the Organizational Excellence in Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) category and 6 other individual nominations for two members of the team in four categories.
The Yellow Card nomination recipients are Bright Anyanwu, senior compliance manager and Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) for West, Central, and East Africa, who recieved 4 nominations and Japhet Gana, Group Head, Transaction Risk and Financial Crime, who recieved 2.
“Financial crime doesn’t take a day off, and neither have I. At Yellow Card, compliance sits at the heart of our operations, not on the sidelines. These nominations are proof that Africa’s compliance frontier is being defended with expertise the world can trust. Vote for the standard, not just the story,” said Bright Anyanwu.
Voting for the awards is now open and will close on 30 August 2026. Three nominees will be shortlisted in each category based on votes, and the shortlist will be evaluated by a panel of judges against defined criteria.
Winners will be announced at the official awards ceremony in November in Nairobi, Kenya.
Supporters, partners, and members of the public are encouraged to cast their votes via the official voting portal here.
