 Nine days following independence day, the Central Bank of South Sudan released new currency notes of the South Sudanese Pound, to be exchanged at par with the Sudanese Pound for a period of approximately sixty days.In late July 2011, the period to exchange the old Sudanese currency notes was shortened to approximately six weeks, with 31 August 2011 as the last day for the activity.By independence day, the following commercial banks were operating in the country under license from the Central Bank of South Sudan