Pay on wire: Juba entices civil servants to open bank accounts

South Sudan currency. The central bank has introduced special tariffs for processing civil servants' salaries in bank accounts.

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The Bank of South Sudan (BoSS) has introduced special tariffs for processing civil servants' salaries in bank accounts, in an effort to promote digital payments in an economy crippled by insecurity.

The tariffs, which vary from 500 SSP ($0.11) to 2,000 SSP ($0.44) depending on the bank, are the outcome of a committee constituted by the banking regulator in June to determine an 'affordable' salary processing tariff for civil servants.