The Chief Executive of the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement System (GhIPSS), a subsidiary of the Bank of Ghana, Mr. Archie Hesse, has called for increased education and active usage of available cashless payment solutions to help reduce the number of robbery attacks on persons carrying huge sums of cash. There has been an uptick in the number of armed...
The Dalex Finance and Leasing Company Limited has appealed to government to give financial institutions confidence in lending to the private sector. Mr Kenneth Kwamina Thompson, Chief Executive Officer of Dalex Finance, noted that financial institutions in Ghana were ready and willing to lend to individuals and businesses particularly Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). He said it was unfortunately that there...
The Bank of Ghana has been charged to implement a fiat leading to overhaul of activities of cash-in-transit and related ones as well as ban use of mobile phones by employees of banks and deposit taking institutions during working hours. According to Security Analyst, Adam Bonaa, the Central Bank must act fast to reduce the bullion van attacks by armed...
…as such businesses need long-term funds Chief Executive Officer of UMB Bank, Nana Dwemoh Benneh, has said the short-term nature of banks’ lending means that they cannot be first point of call for start-ups, rather, new businesses need to first find patient capital during their formative years after which they can then access support from commercial banks to enable them...
Economist with Databank Courage Martey says a reversal of the COVID-19 related interventions which were introduced by the Bank of Ghana at the start of the pandemic, will go a long way to reduce the rising inflation rate in the country. According to him, the raft of measures introduced to contain the impact of the COVID-19 on the Ghanaian economy...
The use of mobile money has grown exponentially within 10 years in Ghana. This makes the oil-producing west African country one of Africa’s leaders in mobile money innovation, adoption, and usage. According to figures from the Bank of Ghana (BoG), mobile money accounts now surpass bank accounts and greater financial inclusion has benefited large swathes of the population that remain...
The Bank of Ghana is presently working on testing a block chain based product and two innovations in the remittance space. This is part of its digital and innovation agenda. The Central Bank in February this year launched a regulatory and innovation sandbox pilot in line with its commitment to evolve an enabling and inclusive regulatory environment that promotes FinTechs and...
Chief Executive Officer of Dalex Finance, Ken Thompson, has said that one of the reasons financial institutions shy away from giving loans to private sector is the lack of available information to verify borrower’s credit worthiness, hence, government should step up efforts in providing a strong database that will address this problem. He said government can do this by digitizing...
Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison, has credited the strong resilience exhibited by the economy and the quick return to growth path amidst the ongoing coronavirus pandemic to credible homegrown policies. Speaking at the 10th edition of the Ghana Economic Forum in Accra, organised by the B&FT and themed: ‘Strengthening homegrown policies to underpin the national digitisation drive and shared...
As further evidence of its commitment to ensuring that the impending central bank digital currency, the e-cedi, will fulfil its role as a driver of financial inclusion, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has assured that the currency will be equipped with offline capabilities for areas with limited connectivity and availability of payment platforms. This was disclosed by Head of Fintech...
