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Banking Laws And Regulations

The Banking and Financial Services Amendment Act No. 7 of 2020TheBankingandFinancialServicesAmendActNo.7of2020.pdf Bank of Zambia Act (Commencement) Order 2023BoZ_Act_Commencement_Order_2023.pdf Bank of Zambia Act, 2022BoZ_Act_2022.pdf The Banking and Financial Services ACT No 7 of 2017TheBankingandFinanceActNo7of2017.pdf Banking And Financial Services Act(BFSA)TheBankingandFinancialServicesAct2017.pdf Revision to Minimum Start up Capital for Bank53_CapitalRevision.pdf The Prohibition and Prevention of Money Laundering Act53_TheProhibitionandPreventionofMoneyLaunderingAct.pdf The Credit Reporting Act 2018TheCreditReportingAct2018.pdf The Movable Property (Security Interest) Act 2016TheMovablePropertySecurityInterestAct2016.pdf
BANK OF ZAMBIA STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS (SI)

Statutory Instrument 38 of 2018 The Banking and Financial Services Act Commencement Order, 2018CommencementOrderBFSA2017.pdf Statutory Instrument 179 of 1995 Cost Of Borrowing RegulationsStatutoryInstrumentNo.179_CostOfBorrowing.pdf Statutory Instrument 180 of 1995 Payment Fees RegulationsStatutoryInstrumentNo.180_PaymentOfFees.pdf Statutory Instrument 181 of 1995 Return of Unclaimed Funds RegulationsStatutoryInstrumentNo.181_ReturnOfUnclaimedFunds.pdf Statutory Instrument 182 of 1995 Reserve Account RegulationsStatutoryInstrumentNo.182_ReserveAccount.pdf Statutory Instrument 183 of 1995 Disclosure Of Deposits Charges and Interest RequlationsStatutoryInstrumentNo.183_DisclosureofDepositChargesandInterest.pdf Statutory Instrument 184 of 1995 Capital Adequecy RegulationsStatutoryInstrumentNo.184_CapitalAdequacy.pdf Statutory Instrument 185 of 1995 Fixed Assets Investment RegulationsStatutoryInstrumentNo.185_FixedAssetsInvestment.pdf Statutory Instrument 57 of 1996 Foreign Exchange Risk Management And Exposure RegulationsStatutoryInstrumentNo.57_ForeignExchangeRiskManagementAndExposure.pdf Statutory Instrument 96 of 1996 Large Loan Exposure Regulations StatutoryInstrumentNo.96_LargeLoansExposures.pdf Statutory Instrument 97 of 1996 Insider Lending Regulations StatutoryInstrumentNo.97_InsiderLending.pdf Statutory Instrument 142 of 1996 Classification And ProvisionsStatutoryInstrumentNo.142_ClassificationAndProvisioningOfLoans.pdf Statutory Instrument 36 of 2003 The Banking And Financial Services (Bureau de Change)2003StatutoryInstrumentsSI38.pdf Statutory Instrument 3 of 2006 The Banking And Financial Services (Microfinance) Regulations, 2006BozGazette.pdf
BANK OF ZAMBIA DIRECTIVES 

BoZ Export Proceeds Tracking Framework DirectivesExport_Proceeds_Tracking_Framework_Directives.pdf BoZ Customer Complaints Handling and Resolution DirectivesBankofZambiaCustomerComplaintsHandlingandResolutionDirectives1.pdf BoZ Agent Banking Directives 2022 GazzettedBankofZambiaAgentBankingDirectives2022Gazzetted1.pdf Classification and Provisioning of Loans Directives 2020ClassificationandProvisioningofLoansDirectives20201.pdf Microfinance Classification and Provisioning Directives, 2018MicrofinanceClassificationandProvisioningDirectives2018GazetteNoticeNo.892of2018.pdf BoZ Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism or Proliferation Directives 2017BoZ-AML-Directives-June-2017-Final-2.pdf 01 June 2004 Bank of Zambia Anti-Money Laundering Directives 53BANKOFZAMBIAANTIMONEYLAUNDERINGDIRECTIVES.pdf Banking and Financial Services - Corporate Governance Directives, 2016CorporateGovernanceDirectives.pdf Banking and Financial Services - Corporate Governance (Amendment) Directives, 2016Amendment.pdf
BANK OF ZAMBIA GUIDELINES 

Foreign Exchange Market Guidelines 2024Foreign_Exchange_Market_Guidelines_2024.pdf Guidelines for Fit and Proper Test for Shareholders, Directors and Senior ManagementGuidelinesforFitandProperTestforShareholdersDirectorsandSeniorManagement.pdf Guidelines for the Appointment of Shareholders, Directors and Senior ManagementGuidelines_Shareholders_Directors_Senior_Management.pdf Cyber and Information Risk Management Guidelines 2023BankofZambiaCyberandInformationRiskManagementGuidelinesGazetted31May2023.pdf Prudential Guidelines on Application of International Financial Reporting 53CircularIFRS.pdf Risk Management Guidelines 53_RiskManagementGuidelinesSept2008.pdf Islamic Finance Guidelines53_IslamicFinanceGuidelines.pdf Guidelines on Outsourcing53_GuidelinesonOutsourcing.pdf
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