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undatedGateway Switching Guide
undatedBanking and Financial Services (Capital Adequacy) Rules, 2025
undatedGlobal Master Repurchase Agreement
undatedBanking and Financial Services (Computation of Minimum Capital Requirements for Market Risk) Directives, 2025
undatedCircular 22/2003: Calendar for Submission of Prudential Returns
undatedAdjustments to Government Securities Auction Bidding Thresholds
undatedBanking and Financial Services (Deposit Protection) Directives 2025
undatedRevised Corporate Governance Directives
undatedApplication for Off-Tender Government Securities Transactions
undatedBanking and Financial Services (Green Loans) Guidelines, 2023
undatedBank of Zambia Guidelines for Conducting Regulatory Sandbox, 2021
undatedBanking and Financial Services (Microfinance) Regulations, 2006
undatedBanking and Financial Services (Insider Lending) Rules 2025
undatedChanges to the Terms and Conditions for the TMTRF - Interest Rate
undatedBank of Zambia Cyber and Information Risk Management Guidelines 2023
undatedBanking and Financial Services (Large Exposures) Rules 2025
undatedBanking and Financial Services Corporate Governance (Amendment) Directives, 2016
undatedBOZ Vetting Request Form 2
undatedStability and Resilience Facility Terms and Conditions
undatedThandizo Website Integration Guide
undatedBOZ Vetting Request Form 1
2026-08-28Operating Rules and Guidelines for Open Market Operations
2026-08-28Operating Rules and Guidelines for the Overnight Lending Facility
2026-08-28External Operating Rules and Guidelines for Government Securities
2026-08-05CB Circular No. 11 of 2026 - Foreign Currency Export and Import Measures
2026-07-31CB Circular No. 10 of 2026 - Adjustment to the Kwacha Statutory Reserve Ratio Statutory Reserve Compliance and Overnight Lending Facility Margin
2026-06-15Bank of Zambia Payment System Oversight Framework 2026
2026-05-13CB Circular No. 07/2026: Adjustment to the Policy Rate and Overnight Lending Facility Rate
2026-05-13Bank of Zambia Banking and Financial Services (Liquidity Coverage Ratio) Directives, 2026
2026-03-10Mandatory Registration of Virtual Assets and Stablecoin Service Providers Operating in Zambia
2026-03-04Bank of Zambia Circular No. 04/2026: Invitation to Participate in Affordable, Inclusive and Sustainable Housing Finance Programme
2026-02-11Adjustment to the Policy Rate and the Overnight Lending Facility Rate
2026-01-19Bank of Zambia Circular No. 02/2026: Upward Adjustment of Non-Resident Investor Limit in Government Securities Primary Market
2026-01-15Bank of Zambia Circular No. 01/2026 on Enforcement of Currency Directives 2025
2025-12-26Currency Directives Decision Tree
2025-12-26Bank of Zambia Currency Directives 2025
2025-12-26Explanatory Notes on the Bank of Zambia Currency Directives 2025
2025-12-26Bank of Zambia Currency Directives 2025
2025-11-28CB Circular No. 27/2025: Calendar for Monthly e-BoP Return Submissions
2025-11-26CB Circular No. 26/2025: 2026 Calendar for Submission of Prudential, CMMP, Financial Statements and Bank Charges Returns
2025-11-04Bank of Zambia Deposit Insurance Scheme Implementation
2025-10-31The Banking and Financial Services (Deposit Insurance) Directives, 2025
2025-10-28Zambia Interbank Payment and Settlement System (ZIPSS) Operating Rules
2025-10-27Revision of Operating Rules for the Zambia Interbank Payment and Settlement
2025-10-27Bank of Zambia Circular 09/2025: Calendar for Submission of Payment Systems Returns for 2026
2025-10-22CB Circular No. 22/2025: Implementation of the Currency Automation System
2025-09-24Bank of Zambia Banking and Financial Services Capital Adequacy Rules 2025
2025-08-20Circular No. 19/2025 – Small Business Growth Initiative Expression of Interest
2025-08-12CB Circular No. 18/2025 on Six-Day BCM Centre Operations for ZIPSS, CSD and Bank Supervision
2025-07-11Circular 08/2025: Requirement to Provide Real-Time Read-Only Access
2025-07-02Bank of Zambia Circular No. 17/2025: Routine Maintenance at Lusaka Data Centre
2025-05-08Bank of Zambia Request for Comments on Draft Insider Lending and Large Exposures Rules 2025
2025-04-04CB Circular No. 13 of 2025 - Submission of Weekly Returns for Over-the-Counter Cash Transactions
2025-04-02Bank of Zambia Circular No. 12/2025: MEFMI Secretariat Consultative Visit
2025-03-26Adoption of Extended Operating Hours on ZIPSS and CSD
2025-03-05Bank of Zambia Circular No. 11/2025: Adjustment to Prescribed Negotiable Amount Under IFEM Rules and FX Guidelines
2025-02-27CB Circular No. 10/2025 on the New Zambian Currency Family
2025-02-16Bank of Zambia Takes Possession of Ecsponent Financial Services Limited (MyBucks)
2025-02-12Bank of Zambia Circular No. 08/2025: Adjustment to the Policy Rate and Overnight Lending Facility Rate
2025-02-04Bank of Zambia Extends Comment Submission Deadline for Draft Deposit Protection Directives 2025
2025-01-27Submission of Account Mandates for Accounts Held at the Bank of Zambia
2025-01-22Calendar for Submission of Prudential Returns, Credit Market Monitoring Programme Returns, Quarterly Financial Statements and Bank Charges
2025-01-13Mandatory Use of the Montran Gateway on the Zambia Interbank Payment and Settlement System
2025-01-10Bank of Zambia Circular No. 03/2025 on Draft Deposit Protection Directives
2025-01-08Calendar for Submission of Monthly Money Receipt and Remittance Returns Under the Electronic BoP Monitoring System
2025-01-06Bank of Zambia Stability and Resilience Facility Application Form and Customer Pipeline Template
2025-01-03Bank of Zambia Circular 01/2025: 2025 Payment Systems Returns Submission Calendar
2024-12-27Bank of Zambia Stability and Resilience Facility
2024-12-19Phasing Out of Cheques as a Payment Instrument in Zambia
2024-12-12Bank of Zambia Circular No. 20/2024: Change of Service Provider for ZIPSS, CSD and EBoP Networks
2024-11-22Bank of Zambia Stability and Resilience Facility Stakeholder Engagement
2024-10-29Bank of Zambia Draft Global Master Repurchase Agreement Circular 18/2024
2024-09-24CB Circular No. 17 of 2024 – Notice on Statement of Affairs and Licence Cancellation for Betternow Finance Company Limited
2024-09-16Implementation of Extended Operating Hours for ZIPSS and CSD
2024-09-05Bank of Zambia Circular No. 15 of 2024 on Delayed Crediting of Funds to Beneficiary Accounts
2024-08-02Directives on Unwarranted Charges and Fees on Electronic Money Services
2024-07-30CB Circular No. 13 of 2024 - Invitation to the 7th ESAAMLG Public-Private Sector Dialogue
2024-07-30Bank of Zambia Circular No. 14/2024 on SWIFT Customer Security Programme Compliance
2024-06-11Amendments to the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market Rules
2024-06-05CB Circular No. 11 - Government Securities as an Additional Asset for Minimum Reserve Requirements
2024-05-24Bank of Zambia Foreign Exchange Market Guidelines (CB Circular No. 10/2024)
2024-05-24Bank of Zambia Foreign Exchange Market Guidelines 2024
2024-04-05Bank of Zambia Circular 09/2024: Suspension of Investrust Bank from ZIPSS
2024-04-02Bank of Zambia Takes Possession of Investrust Bank PLC
2024-03-20Bank of Zambia Circular No. 07/2024 on Submission of Internal Foreign Exchange Net Open Position Limits
2024-03-14Bank of Zambia Changes to Operational Structure (CB Circular No. 06/2024)
2024-02-23Programme for the MSME Finance Survey Report Dissemination Workshop
2024-02-21CB Circular No. 05/2024 – MSME Finance Survey Report Dissemination Workshop
2024-02-14Bank of Zambia Circular No. 04/2024: Adjustment to the Policy Rate and Overnight Lending Facility Rate
2024-02-12Changes to Operating Rules and Guidelines for the Overnight Lending Facility
2024-02-02CB Circular No. 02 of 2024 – Adjustment to the Kwacha and Foreign Statutory Reserve Ratio
2024-01-09Guidelines for Fit and Proper Assessment of Shareholders, Directors and Senior Management
2024-01-05Bank of Zambia Export Proceeds Tracking Framework Directives, 2023
2024-01-05Guidelines for the Fit and Proper Assessment of Shareholders, Directors and Senior Management
2024-01-02CB Circular No. 01/2024 - Revised Directives on Foreign Exchange Cash Transactions
2023-12-18CB Circular No. 35/2023 - 2024 Submission Calendar for Prudential, CMMP, Financial Statements and Bank Charges Returns
2023-12-13Circular 05/2023: Calendar for Submission of Payment Systems Returns for 2024
2023-12-01CB Circular No. 34/2023 on AI Deployment and UAT Refresher Training for Financial Complaint Handling
2023-11-29Bank of Zambia Green Loans Guidelines 2023 Gazetted
2023-11-22Bank of Zambia Circular No. 32/2023: Adjustment to the Policy Rate and Overnight Lending Facility Rate
2023-11-21Adjustment to the Kwacha and Foreign Currency Statutory Reserve Ratio
2023-11-03Bank of Zambia Adjustment to the Kwacha and Foreign Currency Statutory Reserve Ratio
2023-11-03Bank of Zambia Export Proceeds Tracking Framework Directives
2023-10-17CB Circular No. 28: Trial Run of the Export Proceeds Tracking Framework
2023-10-06Banking and Financial Services (Green Loans) Guidelines, 2023
2023-09-21Reversal of Prudential Relief Measures Introduced During the COVID-19 Pandemic
2023-09-20CB Circular No. 26 of 2023 on BSA API Integration
2023-09-08ZIPSS and ISO 20022 Migration Plan of Activities
2023-09-07CB Circular No. 25 of 2023 – Rescheduling of ZIPSS, CSD Upgrade and ISO 20022 Migration Go-Live Date
2023-08-25Network Infrastructure Upgrade for ZIPSS, CSD and eBOP Systems
2023-08-23Bank of Zambia Adjustment to the Policy Rate and Overnight Lending Facility Rate
2023-08-15Bank of Zambia Circular 22/2023 on Banking Sector TPIN Compliance
2023-08-11Bank of Zambia Act (Commencement) Order 2023
2023-08-10CB Circular No. 21/2023 on the Database for Fraud and Dishonesty-Related Employment Separations
2023-07-21CB Circular No. 20/2023: Notice of Taking Possession of Betternow Finance Company Limited
2023-07-21CB Circular No. 19/2023: Notice of Taking Possession of Development Bank of Zambia
2023-07-21Appointment of Industry Steering Committee Members for the RTGS Upgrade and ISO 20022 Migration Project
2023-07-14National Payment Systems Directives on Electronic Money Issuance, 2023
2023-07-14Registration of Client Accounts on the Central Securities Depository System
2023-06-27Bank of Zambia Cyber and Information Risk Management Guidelines
2023-06-26Bank of Zambia Circular No. 15/2023 on AI Deployment in Financial Complaint Handling and UAT Refresher Training
2023-06-21Limit on Participation of Non-Resident Investors in the Primary Market for Government Securities
2023-06-09Bank of Zambia Circular No. 13/2023 on MEFMI AML/CFTP Workshop
2023-05-31CB Circular No. 12 of 2023 – Participants Training by Montran on the Upgraded Real Time Gross Settlement System and Central Securities Depository System
2023-05-26Bank of Zambia Circular No. 11/2023 on Straight-Through Processing for Government Securities Payments
2023-05-23Circular 10/2023: Collateral Requirements for Net Settlement Obligations on Payment Systems
2023-05-23Bank of Zambia Circular No. 10/2023 on Collateral Requirements for Net Settlement Obligations in Payment Systems
2023-05-18Bank of Zambia Adjusts Policy Rate and Overnight Lending Facility Rate
2023-05-08Bank of Zambia Circular 08/2023 on RTGS and ISO 20022 Message Standard Preparedness Before Go-Live
2023-05-08Payment of Mobile Money Rewards to Eligible Mobile Money Customers
2023-03-21Rescheduling of Go-live Dates for Sender’s Name Reference and Transaction Type 21 on the National Financial Switch
2023-03-09Bank of Zambia Circular No. 07/2023 Update on Security Updates for ZIPSS, CSD and eBOP Network Infrastructure
2023-03-092023 Calendar for Governor's Monthly Meetings with Commercial Bank CEOs
2023-03-09Circular 07/2023: Implementation of Security Updates on ZIPSS, CSD, and EBOP Network Infrastructure
2023-03-07Bank of Zambia Circular No. 05 of 2023: Revision of the Weekly Interest Rate Template
2023-03-06Two-Factor Authentication for Card-Not-Present Transactions
2023-02-15CB Circular No. 03 of 2023: Adjustment to the Policy Rate and Overnight Lending Facility Rate
2023-02-01CB Circular No. 02 of 2023 - Adjustment to the Kwacha and Foreign Currency Statutory Reserve Ratio
2023-01-16CB Circular No. 01 of 2023 Implementation of Security Updates on the ZIPSS, CSD and EBOP Network Infrastructure
2022-12-30CB Circular No. 18 of 2022 Calendar for Submission of Payment Systems Returns for the Year 2023
2022-12-14Circular 18/2022: Calendar for Submission of Payment Systems Returns for 2023
2022-12-12Bank of Zambia Circular No. 17/2022: 2023 Calendar for Monthly Money Receipts and Remittances Returns under the e-BoP Framework
2022-12-09Bank of Zambia Circular No. 16/2022 on Due Diligence for Payment Service Entities
2022-12-09Bank of Zambia Circular 16/2022: Due Diligence on Entities Partnered with Payment Service Providers
2022-12-02CB Circular No. 15 of 2022: Updating ISO 20022 Message Usage Guidelines for Zambia Interbank Payment and Settlement System on SWIFT's MyStandards Portal
2022-11-29Circular 02/2022: Implementation of Sender’s Name Reference and Transaction Type 21 on the National Financial Switch
2022-11-16Bank of Zambia Circular No. 13/2022: Review of the Draft National Payment Systems Vision and Strategy 2023–2027
2022-11-16Bank of Zambia Circular No. 14/2022 Withdraws COVID-19 Measures from Circular No. 10/2020
2022-10-03Launch of the Digital Financial Services Campaign – Go Cashless
2022-09-30Bank of Zambia Agent Banking Directives 2022
2022-09-02Upgrade and ISO 20022 Messaging Standard Migration for the Real Time Gross Settlement System
2022-07-29Bank of Zambia Act, 2022
2022-07-27Bank of Zambia Circular 01/2022 on Relinquishing and Processing of Unclaimed Customer Funds
2022-07-15Bank of Zambia Circular No. 10/2022 Request for Financial and Other Support for the Fifth ESAAMLG Public-Private Sector Dialogue
2022-06-21Bank of Zambia CB Circular No. 09/2022 Amendments to Daily Foreign Exchange, Interbank Money Market and Weekly Returns
2022-04-06Bank of Zambia Circular 08/2022 on Community Engagement for ISO 20022 Messaging Standard
2022-03-25Bank of Zambia Targeted Medium-Term Refinancing Facility Circular No. 07/2022
2022-03-22Bank of Zambia Circular No 06/2022 SWIFT Contingency Implementation for RTGS
2022-03-22CB Circular No. 05/2022 - External Operating Rules and Guidelines for Government Securities
2022-02-21Deployment of Artificial Intelligence in Financial Consumer Complaints Handling - Nominees to Participate in User Acceptance Testing
2022-01-272022 Calendar for Governor's Monthly and Quarterly Meetings with Commercial Banks' CEOs and Board Chairpersons
2022-01-26Bank of Zambia Circular 02/2022: Sanctions Against the International Hizballah Network
2022-01-24Bank of Zambia Circular No. 01/2022 on the Calendar for Submission of Monthly Money Receipts and Remittances under the e-BoP Framework
2022-01-11Bank of Zambia Circular 01/2022: Calendar for Submission of Periodic Returns and Financial Statements
2022-01-01Circular 01/2022: Handling of Unclaimed Funds for Electronic Money Issuers and Money Transfer Service Providers
2022-01-01Revised Government Securities Bidding Timelines 2022
2021-12-24Calendar for Submission of Prudential Returns, Credit Market Monitoring Programme Returns, Quarterly Financial Statements and Bank Charges
2021-12-24Bank of Zambia Circular No. 19/2021 on National Financial Switch Post-Implementation Issues
2021-12-23Circular 18/2021: Calendar for Submission of Payment Systems Returns for 2022
2021-12-23Bank of Zambia Payment Systems Returns Submission Calendar for 2022
2021-11-29Bank of Zambia Circular No. 17 of 2021 on Government Accounts and Account Balances
2021-11-24CB Circular No. 16/2021 Adjustment to the Policy Rate and Overnight Lending Facility Rate
2021-11-08Bank of Zambia Circular No. 15/2021 – Amendments to Authorised Signatories
2021-10-11Bank of Zambia Circular 14/2021 on Deploying Artificial Intelligence for Financial Consumer Complaints Data
2021-09-10National Payment Systems (Money Transfer Services) Directives 2021
2021-09-08Bank of Zambia Circular No. 13/2021 on Money Markets Survey
2021-07-21Bank of Zambia Circular No. 12 of 2021: Approved Foreign Exchange Broker
2021-07-12Bank of Zambia Circular No. 11/2021 on Deploying Artificial Intelligence for Financial Consumer Complaints
2021-06-18Submission of Updated Credit Data to Credit Reference Agency
2021-06-18Bank of Zambia Circular No. 10/2021 on Submission of Updated Credit Data to Credit Reference Agency
2021-06-17Bank of Zambia Circular 9/2021 on Temporal Revision of Financial Services Operating Hours Due to COVID-19
2021-06-09Bank of Zambia Revised Circular No. 08/2021 on Foreign Currency Cash Transactions
2021-05-24CB Circular No. 7 of 2021 - Terms and Conditions 24 May 2021
2021-05-24Bank of Zambia Circular 02/2021 on Over-the-Counter Foreign Currency Cash Transaction Limits
2021-05-24Terms and Conditions for the Targeted Medium-Term Refinancing Facility
2021-05-07Final Deadline for Phase II of the National Financial Switch Implementation
2021-04-14Bank of Zambia Circular 02/2021 on Relinquishing and Processing of Unclaimed Customer Funds
2021-04-14Amendments to the Zambia Interbank Payment and Settlement System Operational Rules
2021-04-13Bank of Zambia Circular No. 04/2021 on Incoming Telegraphic Transfers Without Purpose Code Under the e-BoP Framework
2021-03-01Bank of Zambia Circular 01/2021 on Reinstatement of Transaction Fees for Mobile Money Transfers Below K150
2021-02-17Bank of Zambia Adjustment to the Policy Rate and Overnight Lending Facility Rate
2021-01-19Extension of Filing Period for Financial Statements by Banks and NBFIs Due to COVID-19
2021-01-112021 Calendar for Governor’s Meetings with Commercial Bank Chief Executive Officers
2021-01-01Bank of Zambia ZIPSS Operating Rules April 2021
2021-01-01ZIPSS Rules Amendments
2021-01-01FSP Consumer Complaints Handling Questionnaire
2020-12-30Bank of Zambia Payment Systems Returns Calendar for 2021
2020-12-30Circular 32/2020: Calendar for Submission of Payment Systems Returns for 2021
2020-12-28CB Circular No. 31/2020 – 2021 Calendar for Submission of Returns
2020-12-11Terms and Conditions for the Targeted Medium-Term Refinancing Facility