Banks also dominate the financial sector and perform crucial functions in the economy, such as transacting payments. Consequently the primary objectives of the bank regulator, the Bank of Uganda, is to safeguard the interests of depositors, so that they do not lose their savings as a result of reckless bank management or fraud, and to protect the overall stability of the banking system; i.e.
3  For example, according to 2005 data from the International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook database, China's per capita GDP is about one-sixth of that of the United States on a purchasing-power-parity basis and about one twenty-fifth that of the United States at current exchange rates.