The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is to develop a comprehensive framework to regulate the digital asset industry, Governor, Dr Ernest Addison, has said.<\/p>\n
The move, he said, was in line with the growing interest and patronage of the public in digital and virtual assets, popularly called crypto currencies.<\/p>\n
Dr Addison disclosed this at the Chartered Institute of Bank\u00aders Ghana 2022 Annual Bankers\u2019 Dinner Day held in Accra last week dubbed Governor\u2019s Dinner Day.<\/p>\n
Dr Addison who delivered the keynote address said having dom\u00adinated global headlines for both innovation and calamity, crypto currencies were gaining grounds on the African continent.<\/p>\n
\u201cGiven the recent trends, the BoG initiated processes to active\u00adly study and monitor cryptocur\u00adrency and related technologies and models such as blockchain, decentralised finance and stable\u00adcoins. The bank has subsequently gained institutional understand\u00ading of the concepts, monitored global market developments, and reviewed several regulatory and global standards setting bodies across various jurisdictions, includ\u00ading the Financial Action Taskforce, Financial Stability Board, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervi\u00adsion,\u201d the Governor stated.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn all these, the clearest take\u00adaway for the bank is the fact that, crypto currencies are digital assets and not currency, and in as much as cryptocurrency is associated with other key risks including volatility, cyber-theft, loss of funds with potential threat to financial stability, an outright ban of crypto\u00adcurrency has proven ineffective, mainly due to its decentralized and borderless nature.<\/p>\n
Consequently, the bank intends to continue to allow blockchain in the regulatory sandbox, as the first step while we continue to explore a comprehensive regulatory frame\u00adwork for the digital asset industry, Dr Addison stated.<\/p>\n
He said notwithstanding the decision to develop a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency assets, the bank still stood by its caution statements to the public on the dangers associated with cryptocurrency transactions as contained in several notices issued in the past.<\/p>\n
\u201cInterested parties need to be wary about potential losses that could occur when trading in crypto currencies. The bank equally stands by its directive as per the Notice issued on March 9, 2022, that all licensed institutions includ\u00ading banks, specialised deposit-tak\u00ading institutions, dedicated elec\u00adtronic money issuers and payment service providers should refrain from facilitating cryptocurrency\u00adtransactions via their platforms or agent outlets,\u201d Dr Addison stated.<\/p>\n
On the growing cyber security threat in the country, the Governor said as online business transactions had grown, so had the incidence of cyber-attacks, and mobile mon\u00adey and Automated Teller Machine fraud.<\/p>\n
He said to forestall such activi\u00adties from becoming embedded and weakening the digitisation drive, the bank established a Financial Industry Command Security Oper\u00adations Centre (FICSOC) in 2018.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn this regard, the bank has worked closely with the industry to complete a state-of- the-art FICSOC infrastructure, which is expected to be fully operational in the first quarter of 2023,\u201d Dr Addison stated.<\/p>\n
The FICSOC, the Governor said would assist with identify\u00ading threats in the banking sector through proactive monitoring, strengthening the cybersecurity posture of member institutions, sharing cybersecurity threat intelligence to improve resilience and incident management, and conducting digital forensic investi\u00adgation where necessary.<\/p>\n
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