To formulate and implement monetary and supervisory policies to foster a sound economic and financial environment
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Publication Quarter Three (3) Auction Calendar for the Year 2018....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.
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.
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Press Release The Bank of Sierra Leone Suspends the Operation of Eclipse Micro Finance (SL) Limited....Read more
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Press Release FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES OF THE BANK OF SIERRA LEONE....Read more
BSL Commissions Geospatial Study on Financial Inclusion For the purpose of this report, the analysis of access was limited to access points per 10,000 adults and usage dimension was also limited to number of registered businesses per 10,000 adults...more
Revamped FSDP Framework on Course as World Bank Ends Stock Take The World Bank has recently concluded a stock take of the financial sector development plan lead by the Bank of Sierra Leone clearing the way to revamp the framework in the new FSDP 2 The objective of the FSDP is to provide a framework for creating a sound, diversified, responsive and well-functioning financial system that would provide appropriate support to productive activities, thereby contributing to economic growth and poverty alleviation...more
Monetary Policy Announcement "The MPC resolve to increase the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by 150 basis point to 16.5 per cent. The asymmetric corridor was fixed at +400 and -300 basis points around the MPR."...Read more
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The Governor secures MDs Commitment The Governor of the Bank of Sierra Leone, Dr. Patrick S. Conteh, has secured the continued commitment of Managing Directors of Commercial Banks to help pursue critical economic priorities in the New Direction Agenda of Government and to support industry-wide efforts to enhance financial intermediation.....Read more
