Chief Executive of the Ghana Association of Bankers, John Awuah says workers in the banking industry cannot use low salaries as justification to defraud customers. Speaking on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show Tuesday, he noted that employees agree to the defined remuneration attached to their assigned tasks before being employed, thus if they are dissatisfied, it is preferable for them to leave. He...
The Bank of Ghana has issued guidelines for domestic processing of payment card transactions with payment cards in the country. This is pursuant to Section 4(e) of the Bank of Ghana Act, 2002 (Act 612) as amended and Section 101(2) of the Payment Systems and Services Act, 2019 (Act 987) to regulate the processing of payment card transactions in Ghana. The...
Cal Bank offered the cheapest lending rate of 15.97% in the banking industry, according to the Average Lending Rates of universal banks, published by the Bank of Ghana as of the end of July this year. The listed bank per the figures from the Bank of Ghana offers lending rate lower than the regulator’s Reference Rate. However, credit worthy clients will...
Cyber and e-mail fraud has taken a nosedive, the 2020 Banking Industry Fraud Report by the Bank of Ghana has indicated. According to the report, cyber/e-mail fraud accounted for 1.05% of the total number of fraud cases recorded in 2020. This is compared to 92.6% registered in 2019. The report said cyber/e-mail fraud recorded a loss value of approximately ¢1.05 million in...
