Membership Guidelines

  • Membership shall be open to persons who are qualified scholars or practitioners in the Digital Financial Services field.
  • Membership shall be by application in writing or online to the Executive Committee.
  • There shall be a Disciplinary Committee of the Association, duly appointed by the Executive Committee for member disciplinary issues or the General Meeting for Executive Committee members with powers to discipline members for misconduct under the provisions of these Articles of Association or other misconduct that is considered injurious to the objectives of the association including professional standards, ethics and integrity
  • The Disciplinary Committee shall be composed of 3 ad hoc members chosen for each specific case with a view to avoid conflict of interest by the committee and the term of office for such a team will cease after the disposal of the case for which they are appointed
  • An appeal Committee shall be chosen in the same way as section 3 & 4 above to dispose of appeal cases arising from decisions of the disciplinary committee that initially handled the matter
  • The Disciplinary Committees established under these articles have a responsibility of making lawful decisions and will where necessary seek legal guidance from qualified legal practitioners