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The first Ugandan shilling (UGS) replaced the East African shilling in 1966 at par. Following high inflation, a new shilling (UGX) was introduced in 1987 worth 100 old shillings. The shilling is usually a stable currency and predominates in most financial transactions in Uganda, which has a very efficient foreign exchange market with
The board of directors of the Bank of Uganda is the bank's supreme policy making body. It is chaired by the governor or, in his or her absence, by the deputy governor. The duties and powers of the board are specified by the Bank of Uganda Act. This Act makes the board responsible for the general management of the affairs of the bank. The board formulates policy and ensures
The exchange rate is grossly more favourable to the seller of the foreign currency than is the official bank rate, but such trading is usually illegal. [ citation needed ] In many rural areas there is still a strong bartering culture, the exchanged items being of more immediate value than official currency (following the principle that one can ...
The shilling was also used in parts of what is now Somalia, Ethiopia, and Eritrea when they were under British control. Before 1941, these areas, then known as Italian East Africa, used the Italian East African lira. In 1941, as a result of World War II, Britain regained control and introduced the shilling, at a rate of 1 shilling to 24 Lire.
However, excluding the pegged (fixed exchange rate) currencies, there are only 130 currencies that are independent or pegged to a currency basket. Dependencies and unrecognized states are listed here only if another currency is used on their territory that is different from the one of the state that administers them or has jurisdiction over them.
Third, the government owned the country's major banks, including the Bank of Uganda and Uganda Commercial Bank. [8] And fourth, the government controlled all imports and exports through licensing procedures. [8] By the 1980s, more than 3,500 primary marketing cooperative societies serviced most of Uganda's small-scale farmers. [9]
The privatized UCB was merged with the former Grindlays Bank Uganda that the Standard Bank of South Africa already owned and had renamed Stanbic Bank (Uganda). The combined bank is now known as Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited. [5] As of 2008, Stanbic Uganda was the dominant commercial bank in Uganda, with about 27 percent of all bank assets and ...
Access Bank Uganda [3] Absa Bank Uganda Limited [4] Bank of Africa Uganda Limited [5] Bank of Baroda Uganda Limited; Bank of India Uganda Limited [6] Cairo Bank Uganda; Centenary Bank; Citibank Uganda; DFCU Bank [7] [8] Diamond Trust Bank [9] [10] Ecobank Uganda; Equity Bank Uganda Limited; Exim Bank (Uganda) [11] Housing Finance Bank; I&M Bank ...