The facts
- Who files
- Operators designated by the Bank of Ghana as a Systemically Important Payment System (SIPS), Systemically Important Payment Service Provider (SIPSP) or Critical Infrastructure Service Provider (CISP). Source
- How often
- Yearly, or as needed: the Bank of Ghana evaluates designated SIPS, SIPSPs and CISPs in a structured way, and operators' self-assessment reports are part of it. Source
- Deadline
- Not stated; the Framework gives no specific date by which operators' self-assessment reports must reach BOG. Source
- Format
- Other. Not stated on the pages read. Source
- How it is filed
- Filing route recorded for the BoG: PSA Returns. See how firms file with the BoG.
- Status
- UpcomingThe Framework for Systemically Important Payment Systems and Service Providers in Ghana was published as a Notice on 5-6 November 2026, a week before this library was checked. No list of designated SIPS, SIPSPs or CISPs was found published on the Bank's pages read, so no operator has yet been confirmed as required to file this self-assessment. Source
- Group
- Payment systems
Templates (0)
The library lists no templates for this return.
The Framework requires periodic self-assessment reports without publishing a form. Source
Validation rules
No published validation rules were found for this return. No validation rules were found on the Bank's public pages. Source
Public data
No published data from this return was found. Under the Framework, the Bank of Ghana is to publish a list of designated SIPS and SIPSPs and keep it up to date (names only, no data from the self-assessments). The pages read showed no such list. Source
Official documents (1)
The BoG's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 13 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.
- Framework for Systemically Important Payment Systems and Service Providers in Ghana
Legal text · PDF · 337.0 KB · 6 November 2026
Published as a Notice, 5-6 November 2026. Sets the criteria and process for designating payment systems and payment service providers as Systemically Important (SIPS), Systemically Important Payment Service Providers (SIPSPs) or Critical Infrastructure Service Providers (CISPs), and an annual or as-and-when self-assessment reporting requirement (section 10) once designated; no published list of designated entities was found on the pages read.
SHA-256
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Sources
Every page and document this return's facts were read from.
- bog.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/SIPS-FRAMEWORK.pdf
- bog.gov.gh/notice/framework-for-systematically-important-payment-systems-and-service-providers-in-ghana/
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Last checked 13 November 2026.