The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is in discussions with the Ministry of Finance to initiate a clean-up of the Special­ised Deposit-Taking Institutions (SDIs), the Governor, Dr John­son Asiama, has said.

The clean-up, he noted, would cover micro finance institutions (MFIs) and rural banks.

As part of the clean-up, there is expected to be mergers, acquisi­tions to strengthen the sector.

Dr Asiama made this known during the 123rd Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) press confer­ence in Accra last Friday, empha­sising the need to strengthen the SDI sector. "Yes, there has to be a clean-up of that sector.