Banks recover only 5% of funds lost to fraud — GAB
Buertey Francis BORYOR
The Ghana Association of Banks (GAB) has raised concerns over the low recovery rate of funds lost to fraud across the country’s banks and specialised deposit-taking institutions (SDIs) - estimated at only about 5 percent - and called for stronger intelligence-sharing among financial service providers.
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