Rule · NBE · 25 Apr 2023

Requirements for Undertaking Account Based Transactions and Ensuring of Regulatory Limits Directive No. FIS/04/2021

The National Bank of Ethiopia requires commercial banks, microfinance institutions, and payment instrument issuers to implement comprehensive KYC policies, assign unique customer IDs, and centralize account opening approvals within five working days. The directive prohibits account-to-account transfers exceeding five per week per account, with specific exemptions for government entities, utility payments, loan servicing, and merchant purchases. Financial institutions must deactivate accounts with incomplete profiles within six months, terminate relationships with suspected suspicious transactions, and report such cases to the Financial Intelligence Center. Non-compliance results in fines ranging from 20,000 to 100,000 Birr per violation, and the directive repeals Article 8(5) of the Payment Instrument Issuer Directive No. ONPS/01/2020.

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National Payment SystemProclamation No. 718/20112023 · NBENational Payment System Proclamation No. 718/2011 (2023-04-27)Banking Business Proclamation No.592/2008Not in RegAlertBanking Business Proclamation No. 592/2008 — Not in RegAlertMicrofinancing BusinessProclamation No. 626/2009Not in RegAlertMicrofinancing Business Proclamation No. 626/2009 — Not in RegAlert+3 moresee all below the graph+3 morePayment Instrument IssuerDirective No. ONPS/01/2020Not in RegAlertPayment Instrument Issuer Directive No. ONPS/01/2020 — Not in RegAlertRequirements for UndertakingAccount Based Transactions an…2023-04-25 · this documentRequirements for Undertaking Account Based Transactions and Ensuring of Regulatory Limits Directive No. FIS/04/2021 (2023-04-25)
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Supersedes
  • Payment Instrument Issuer Directive No. ONPS/01/2020Not in RegAlert

    “Article 8(5) of the Payment Instrument Issuer Directive No. ONPS/01/2020 is hereby repealed.”

Issued under
  • “article 4(2) and article 37(2) of National Payment System Proclamation No. 718/2011”

  • Banking Business Proclamation No. 592/2008Not in RegAlert

    “in accordance with article 60 and article 66(2) of Banking Business Proclamation No. 592/2008”

  • Microfinancing Business Proclamation No. 626/2009Not in RegAlert

    “article 24 and article 34(2) of Microfinancing Business Proclamation No. 626/2009”

  • National Payment System Proclamation No. 718/2011Not in RegAlert

    “article 4(2) and article 37(2) of National Payment System Proclamation No. 718/2011”

  • Proclamation No.1159/2019Not in RegAlert

    “as amended by Proclamation No.1159/2019”

  • Proclamation No.1164/2019Not in RegAlert

    “as amended by Proclamation No.1164/2019”

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