{"id":449899,"date":"2017-12-24T20:11:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T20:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/24\/bog-must-clarify-roles-of-various-financial-institutions-to-public\/"},"modified":"2017-12-24T20:11:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T20:11:35","slug":"bog-must-clarify-roles-of-various-financial-institutions-to-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/24\/bog-must-clarify-roles-of-various-financial-institutions-to-public\/","title":{"rendered":"BoG must clarify roles of various financial institutions to public"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Sunday, 24 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citibusinessnews.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-24<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/88002897.295.jpg\" alt=\"Bank Of Ghana1\" title=\"Bank Of Ghana1\" width=\"295\" height=\"195\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The BoG has made known its decision to refrain from giving license to new banks in 2018<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1514146295_201_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Some bankers want the Bank of Ghana(BoG) to clarify the role of the various financial institutions in the country as it prepares to introduce a new licensing regime next year.<\/p>\n<p>The Central bank has announced it will be rolling out a new licensing regime from next year, while putting on hold the issuance of new licenses for financial institutions, such as banks, savings and loans companies, and microfinance companies.<\/p>\n<p>Despite having different licenses, for different categories of financial institutions, some industry watchers have stated that, in principle, all of the institutions are taking deposits and giving loans.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Citi Business News Banking Consultant Nana Otuo Acheampong, said the Bank of Ghana must introduce a licensing regime that will clearly define the roles of the players in the sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs it stands now the average person on the street finds it hard to differentiate between a universal bank, savings and loans company, finance house, rural bank and a micro-finance institution. 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