BANK of ZAMBIA

DEPUTY GOVERNOR - OPERATIONS

January 14, 2013

CB Circular No: 09/2013

To: All Commercial Banks

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CALENDAR FOR SUBMISSION OF INTEREST RATES, GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS BALANCES, ANNUAL NUMBER OF BORROWERS AND DEPOSITORS IN COMMERCIAL BANKS BY PROVINCE AND ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT IN BANKS BY OCCUPATION CATEGORY.

Further to the deployment of the revised Bank Supervision Application System, please note that returns submitted to our Economics Department will also be submitted through the BSA system. In this regard, please be informed that the due dates for submission of Monthly and Weekly Interest Rates, Annual Number of Borrowers and Depositors in Commercial Banks by Province, Annual Employment in Banks by Occupation Category and Government Accounts Balances Returns for 2013 are as follows:

WEEKLY INTEREST RATES RETURNS

Week	Due
Every week	Wednesday

MONTHLY INTEREST RATES AND GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS BALANCES RETURNS

Month	Due Date
January	8 February 2013
February	11 March 2013
March	9 April 2013
April	9 May 2013
May	10 June 2013
June	10 July 2013
July	9 August 2013
August	9 September 2013
September	8 October 2013
October	8 November 2013
November	9 December 2013
December	9 January 2014

.........2/-

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CB Circular No: 09/2013 - 2 - February 14, 2013

ANNUAL NUMBER OF BORROWERS AND DEPOSITORS IN COMMERCIAL BANKS BY PROVINCE AND ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT IN BANKS BY OCCUPATION CATEGORY

Year	Due Date
2012	20 February 2013
2013	9 February 2014

All returns should be submitted through the Bank Supervision Application System via https://mail.boz.zm/bsav30.

A penalty of K500.00 per return per day will be charged for any delayed submissions.

Further, kindly note that in view of the Re-denomination of Currency Act (No. 8 of 2012), the Bank of Zambia wishes to inform all commercial banks that effective 1st January, 2013, Monthly Interest Rates and Weekly Interest Rates, will be reported based on Kwacha Thousands instead of Kwacha millions. In this regard, enclosed is a copy of the rebased Monthly and Weekly Interest Rates; Government Accounts Balances; Annual Number of Borrowers and Depositors in Commercial Banks by Province; and Annual Employment in Banks by Occupation Category returns for your attention.

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P.P. Bwalya K. E. Ng'andu (Dr)
DEPUTY GOVERNOR - OPERATIONS

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Bank Square, Cairo Road P.O. Box 30080, Lusaka, Zambia Tel: 260-211-226844, 228888/9 Fax: 260-211-237070 E-mail: bngandu@boz.zm, http://www.boz.zm