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It has come to the notice of the Bank of Mauritius that members of the public have been receiving phone calls inviting them to disclose their bank account details to allow sums of money to be credited to their accounts.

We wish to inform you that in view of enhancing our services, there will be a planned maintenance on our Prepaid Cards System on Tuesday 17 December 2019, from 22h00 to 23h00 GMT, during which all prepaid card transactions will be unavailable.

This notice is in connection with dividends payable to Class A Shareholders for the 6 months ended 31 December 2019 (Class A Dividends).

The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), wishes to inform members of the public on the various scam schemes targeting individuals in Mauritius through social media platforms such as “Facebook”, “Whatsapp”, etc. 

It has come to the knowledge of the Bank of Mauritius (‘Bank’) that there are posts in circulation on social media platforms inviting members of the public to place money with individuals for alleged high returns.

We wish to inform you that in our quest to continuously upgrade our services and in line with our sustainability agenda, we are pleased to announce that we have automated the Fixed Deposit Advice service.

As part of the Bank’s responsibility to alert our customers on current frauds and scams, it has been recently noticed that a fake e-mail is being sent to taxpayers on behalf of the MRA. 

This is to inform you that, as of 01 March 2019, the Ombudsperson for Financial Services Act 2018 provides for the establishment of the Office of the Ombudsperson for Financial Services.

Notice is thereby given that an ordinary dividend of MUR 3.80 per share in respect of the year ended June 2019 has been declared payable to members registered in the books of the company at the close of business on 20 September 2019, subject to regulatory approvals.