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BoG’s US$62.3m transfer claim ‘false’ – GN

Groupe Nduom, the parent company of GN Savings and Loans, whose licence was revoked recently by the Bank of Ghana, has refuted allegations by the central bank that it transferred some US$62.3 million of depositors’ funds to its subsidiaries abroad. In its explanation for the revocation of the licence, the regulator stated that: “A recent Bank of Ghana investigation conducted...

BoG cracks whip on pricing in dollars

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is taking steps to stem the dollarisation of the Ghanaian economy by enforcing laws that bar the pricing of goods and services in American dollars and other foreign currencies. The dollarisation of the economy has contributed to the perrenial unfavourable fluctuation of the cedi and its attendant effect on inflation and cost of living. But a...