ENHANCING DIGITAL FINANCIAL SYSTEMS AND FINANCIAL INTEGRITY: ASSESSING THE COORDINATING ROLE OF THE BANK OF SIERRA LEONE
Sierra Leone’s financial sector is undergoing its most consequential transformation since independence. Mobile money has overtaken commercial banking as the principal channel of financial access; the National Payment Switch (Salone Pement Swich, SaPS) launched in May 2023 now routes domestic retail transactions, and th...