Senior Advisor to the Vice President, Professor Kwaku Appiah-Adu, says full implementation of the e-Cedi will diversify digital payment and ensure a secure and robust payment infrastructure in the country. As a result, he called on players within the financial services industry to invest in technology and innovation to ensure...
The Bank of Ghana has won the Central Banking’s FinTech Policy of the Year Award 2022. This follows the Bank’s remarkable development of a Supervisory Intelligence Platform, which aims to streamline the collection and analysis of granular data from regulated FinTechs. The platform also enhances the Bank’s capabilities for evidence-based...
To position the Bank to embrace opportunities available in the payments and financial space, Access Bank has brought together industry stakeholders to review the bank's payment strategy in relation to global trends and available opportunities at a workshop for management and selected staff at the Labadi Beach Hotel in...
The COVID–19 pandemic has had a significant effect on governments and businesses, with many trying to stay as liquid as possible. Then came supply chain disruptions, inflation (now at an 18-year high of 27.6 percent), rising interest rates, and the war in Ukraine and its impact on energy and other...
“One day I had the opportunity to discuss my problem of raising money from banks with a well established business elder. He listened for a while and then said to me, “you are a very good engineer, but you need to get a better understanding of how banks...
The Chief Executive Officer, Business and Commercial Clients at Standard Bank Group, Bill Blackie, has reiterated the bank’s commitment to the growth and development of the African continent. Bill Blackie said this when he led a delegation from the Standard Bank Group to pay a courtesy call on the Vice...
The Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, has addressed a plea to corporate Ghana to be innovative and support government as it takes viable but tough decisions which are intended to make the Ghanaian economy bounce back from the destructive effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In...
Management of the Ghana Exim Bank has been lauded by key stakeholders within the Trade and Finance sector, as well as players in the small and medium enterprise (SME) and Creative Arts industry for its effort in the promotion of Made-In-Ghana products and services. The bank held a special edition...
In celebration of this year’s Customer Service Week, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of StarLife Assurance, Kakra Duffuor-Nyarko, has dedicated her time to serving clients at the company’s Customer Experience Centre located on the Ring Road, Accra. The move, according to StarLife, was to appreciate clients who have stood with...
Standard Chartered has announced that the second edition of its Digital Banking, Innovation and Fintech Festival will be held on 26th and 27th October, 2022 at the Movenpick Hotel in Accra under the theme “Powering Africa’s Digital Economy: Platforms | Players | Policy”. The two (2) day hybrid event, which...