Bank of Sierra Leone Cyber Security and IT Risk Management Guidelines for Commercial Banks...………...Read more Bank of Sierra Leone Anti-Money Laundering and Combating of the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT)…….....Read more Financial Consumer Protection Guidelines 2022...……….....Read more Guidelines for Investment/Merchant Banking...………….....Read more
16.02.2022
16.02.2022
1. The Reasons for, and Effect(s) of, Redenomination of the Leone on Sierra Leone's Post COVID-19 Economy - by the Governor at the 2022 meeting of the Sierra Leone Bar Association....Read more 2. Keynote Address Delivered by Professor Kelfala M. Kallon, Governor, Bank of Sierra Leone, at the Official Launch of Rokel Herald Magazine and the Executive Masters Program on Banking and Finance by IPAM.....Read more
Financial Inclusion Newsletter- 4th Edition................Read more
PUBLICATION:
Procurement of Specialized Printing Machines- BSL/GSD/NCB/2024/0015 ........Read more
Rehabilitation of the Bank of Sierra Leone's Middle Hill Residence at Hill Station, Freetown- BSL/GSD/NCB/2024/0032 ........Read more
PUBLICATION: Monetary Policy Report........Read more
Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) Calendar........Read more
NEW!!!
Public Notice: SUPER ADVERTIS.....Read more Passive Green Well (PGW)......Read more
Press Release: Redenomination of the Leone - End of Transition ...……..Read more
NEW!!!
Public Notice: Redenomination of the Leone - End of Transition Period..........Read more
Guidelines on Corporate Governance(Com. Banks & Fin Holding Companies)...Read more Directives on over the counter cash withdrawals within the banking system in Sierra Leone.....Read more
Publication: Extract of Financial Statement - 2022 ...……….Read more
NEW!!!
Publication: Monetary Policy Statement...……….Read more Monthly Economic Review July_2023...……….Read more
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Publication: Financial Stability Report (FSR)- 2022...……….Read more
Framework: Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF)...Read more
Public Notice: OFFSHORE TRADING OF FOREIGN CURRENCIES FOR THE LEONE.....Read more
Public Notice: 1. Operating Rules for BSL Special Credit Facility II....Read more
2. Operating Rules For the Agricultural Credit Facility....Read more
3. List of Essential Commodities for BSL COVID -19 Special Facility...Read more
Publication:
1. Bank of Sierra Leone Financial Inclusion News Letter.......Read more 2. Bank of Sierra Leone Special Facility for Food and Fuel.......Read more 3. Guidelines For Invesment/Merchant Bank Operating In Sierra Leone...Read more 4.Guidelines On Money Remittance Business...…..Read more
Publication: 1. Bank of Sierra Leone Cyber Security and It Risk Management Guidelines for Commercial Banks....Read more
2. Anti-Money Laundering and Combating of the Financing Of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Risk Assessment Framework for Commercial Banks 2021...….Read more
3. Financial Consumer Protection Guidelines 2022....Read more
NEW!!!
Public Notice:
1. Directives on Provision of Financial Services on a Non-Discriminatory Basis...Read more
2. Bank of Sieera Leone Press Release On Standard Chartered's Exit Announcement. ...Read more
Public Notice: 1. Additional measures to combat the unlawful trading in foreign currency....Read more
2. Operating Financial Services without a valid licence issued by Bank of Sierra Leone - 'My Residual Income Global-SL'...Read more
Public Notices: 1. Prohibition of quoting prices and making payments in foreign currency in Sierra Leone...Read more
2. Prohibition of the holding and/or export of foreign currency in excess of Ten Thousand United States Dollars or its equivalent outside the banking system...Read more
Payment Systems
An electronic system for settling financial transactions through the transfer of monetary value, and includes the institutions, instruments, people, rules, procedures, standards, and technologies that make such an exchange possible.
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Financial Inclusion Access to a transaction account is a first step toward broader financial inclusion since it allows people to store money, and send and receive payments.
Monetary Policy Rates
Monetary Policy Rate (MPR)
Standing Deposit Facility (SDF)
Standing Lending Facility (SLF)
22.25%
15.75%
25.25%
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