Leading information technology company CWG, has announced that it has partnered with Banking Enterprise Financial Crime Risk Management products company Clari5 to jointly help African banks combat enterprise fraud and money laundering.
Through this strategic partnership, CWG and Clari5 will zprovide solutions to African banks to counter enterprise-wide fraud and...
“Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud”.
Sophocles
Last week, I looked at the resurgence of digital frauds which is emanating from the increased use of digital banking by customers. It is always a fact that not every customer can take advantage of this opportunity of contactless banking. This is...
The Executive Council of the Association of Rural Banks, Ghana, has registered its appreciation and commended all the rural banks which have so far supported government in the fight against spread of coronavirus.
The total amount involved in this support is approximately GH¢400,000 - which went into the purchase of...
First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Maxwell Opoku-Afari, has assured that the bank is still interested in developing a virtual currency for the economy to promote the cash-lite agenda.
Speaking at a virtual stakeholder workshop on payment systems and services, Dr. Opoku-Afari said despite the introduction of...
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has commended the Bank of Ghana’s measures introduced to support banks and the economy deal with impacts from the coronavirus pandemic, including the decision to finance government’s budget.
After the country recorded its first coronavirus case in March, and subsequently went into a three-week...
Ghanaian beverage manufacturer to upscale production of hand sanitisers
Standard Chartered has announced that Kasapreko Company Limited, the Ghanaian beverage manufacturer that is undertaking mass production of hand sanitisers and alcohol hand rubs, has become the first client to make a drawdown under the Bank’s US$1 billion financing commitment to...
Data presented from the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Nigeria 2019 African Capital Market Watch which reviewed the performance of Africa’s capital markets between 2010 and the first quarter of 2020, shows that African equity capital markets activity have seen a downward trajectory over the past three years as major economies on the...
The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, has registered his support for head of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Dr. Akinwumi Adesina for his re-election, despite a US call for him to face a fresh ethics probe.
Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, a former Nigerian minister for Agriculture, is...
Inlaks, the leading African systems integrator and financial technology solutions provider, has hosted a webinar with some of its partners in the financial sector on strategies to implement in keeping businesses afloat during and post COVID-19.
The webinar saw experts from various sectors of the economy contribute to Sustainable Strategies...
In response to COVID-19, the Chartered Institute of Bankers, Ghana, which promotes the study of banking and regulates the banking profession's practice in the country, has unveiled a suite of virtual programmes to continue training banking professionals.
The virtual programmes take the form of online classes for all student members...