Welcome to another week of financial learning. I believe we are all well and staying safe under these "abnormal" COVID-19 times!
The Report by Thomas-Moore Adingo in the B&FT on Monday, October 26, 2020, captioned, "Over 60% of CAPBuSS applicants have no bank accounts inspired today's article.
The revelations in the...
Professor George Baffour-Gyan, Minister for Planning and the government body responsible for the coordination of the implementation of the SDGs has noted that financing the 2030 agenda remains a challenge.
He stated that the 2019 Voluntary National Review process enabled the assessment of progress towards the achievement of the SDGs...
Kingdom Exim Ghana Limited has made a donation to support 2020’s edition of the National Farmers’ Day celebration.
The donation is evidence of the company’s continued support to the agricultural sector, and particularly in response to a call by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) for timely contributions.
The items...
Dear readers, we are all aware of the great strides that the banking industry is making to create convenience and great customer service to customers. However, there is one segment of society who are facing some challenges with the current banking practices.
You can take today’s article with a pinch...
Today, the Financial Services Industry has undergone enormous changes with more and more banks focused on developing mobile platforms which aims at providing services online conveniently. This greatly expands the interaction between financial institutions and customers, and also creates a more unique business and service model.
Although almost all the...
In my most recent article, I discussed the duties of directors of private companies under the Companies Act, 2019 (Act 992). However, directors are not the only officers or persons with duties imposed by Act 992 - mandatory or permissive. Act 992 also imposes duties on a company itself:...
Ghana’s new Payment Systems and Services Act, 2019, (Act 987) has created waves in the fintech space in Ghana. FinTechs are now required to hold a license from at least one of five license categories (Enhanced PSP, medium PSP, standard PSP, PSP card scheme, and E-money Issuer) in order...
urges other sectors to embrace system to kick out fakers
calls for further digitisation of the process
By Bernard Yaw ASHIADEY and Ebenezer Chike Adjei NJOKU
Introduced primarily to improve the mobilisation of taxes outstanding, particularly in the beverage industry, the Ghana Revenue Authority’s (GRA) excise tax stamp has been...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo last week Thursday unveilled Metropolitan Television’s (Metro TV) ultra-modern media group edifice, which promises to deliver world-class broadcast journalism.
He praised the Metro TV board of directors for settling on a Ghanaian contractor, who in turn chose a Ghanaian architect to design the world-class edifice.
He...
Implementer of the Cocoa Life programme, Mondelez International, has introduced a new technology that seeks to help triple annual yields of cocoa production in Ghana
To mitigate the effect of climate change on cocoa production in Ghana and help triple the country's annual yield, a new technology designed to supply...