cautioned the public<\/a><\/strong> against transacting business in digital currencies as the act is not permitted under law.<\/p>\nHowever in an interview with\u00a0Citi Business News<\/strong>, the Director of Communications at the Bank of Ghana, Bernard Otabil assured the bill is currently in in parliament hence its passage should sanitize the financial industry.<\/p>\nMr. Otabil insisted that the BoG is doing all it has to ensure that digital currencies are properly regulated.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a new Payment Systems & Services Bill currently in Parliament and once that is concluded, I\u2019m sure the way forward will be made clear. It is something that the Bank of Ghana is taking very seriously and if you go through the release that we sent warning the public against doing transactions with Bitcoin , it is clearly stated there that it is something that the Bank has devoted enormous resources to.”<\/p>\n
“We are also working with other international financial organizations to make sure that indeed the trend as we are witnessing now globally, if it\u2019s being adapted locally, we do have the resources to make sure that they are indeed properly regulated,” he explained.<\/p>\n
He added,\u201c It\u2019s not the case that you are introducing just a digital currency but it comes with all kinds of risks including cyber risks so it a holistic approach we are taking to make sure we fully understand it\u201d.<\/p>\n
Mr Otabil said that all risk assessment must be properly done, \u201cWe have to make sure that we explore all the risks so that we put all the risk mitigating processes in place to ensure that we don\u2019t put the final consumer at risk at any point in time but ultimately to protect the sanity of the financial system\u201d.<\/p>\n
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