With the new practice of agreed targets between the Bank and the Minister, the directive power, which has never been used, now seems even less likely to be used. Nonetheless, if there were a fundamental disagreement on the targets when they came up for renewal, the Minister could impose his will via a directive.
 CBK Circular No 1 of 2016 reminded banks of the requirements under POCAMLA on large cash transactions e.g. to determine the legitimacy of funds. The Circular was informed by:  Findings from target inspections had revealed that corruption proceeds had been transacted through large cash transactions.  Failure by institutions to obtain information to determine legitimacy of customer transactions.