Two Nigerian nationals are in the grips of the Cantonment Divisional Police Command for daylight robbery. The two suspected robbers reportedly deflated the tyres of their victim at the Flagstaff...
The US Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point to 1.0-1.25% on Wednesday and signaled another increase remains likely this year, despite the recent spate of weak...
The World Bank on Tuesday said it had approved a $520 million plan to help Afghanistan, which has been weakened by the Taliban insurgency and gradual withdrawal of US troops. Almost half of the...
Leggy dancers in tight shorts, bottles of Moet champagne and flashy cars feature in Nigerian pop icon Wizkid's bling-bling music videos. But the singer himself has now swapped the Versace T-shirts...
The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) closed in the red in the week ending June 9, making it the second consecutive decline in recent times. The decline in the two market indices was due to currency...
The interest charged by banks and other lending financial institutions on loans and advances to individuals and corporate clients, has consistently declined over the past five months. According to...
Mr Rockson Dogbegah, the chair of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) Construction Sector has lauded the establishment of Construction Bank Ghana Limited, describing it as timely and strategic....
Capital Bank has organised a training programme aimed at building the capacity of over 100 of its trade clients on the regulatory framework governing trade transactions. The event was also used to...
Falling food and energy prices helped keep US wholesale inflation flat in May, in another sign of slackening price pressures, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. The new figures come as the US...
Financial sector analysts are predicting a further contraction in credit to the private sector following their high contribution to the Non Performing Loans (NPL) of banks. They argue that the...
The White House on Monday issued a roadmap for loosening US banking regulations, including a recommendation to ease "stress tests" for large banks, according to a report published by the Treasury....
The world has a new puppetmaster. From his New York home, US financier-cum-philanthropist George Soros has manufactured Europe's migration crisis, backed a coup in Macedonia and sponsored protests in...
Former President Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings has praised a former Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Mr Alex Ashiagbor, for his level of competence in the area of financial management. The former...
The conflict in South Sudan and its massive population displacements have produced many names synonymous with misery. The latest is Aburoc, a northeastern village where aid workers face the toughest...
Bankers are increasingly becoming amenable to agriculture financing, which they have long avoided for its unduly risky nature, on the back of recent attempts by government to inject confidence into...
General Electric announced a leadership shakeup on Monday as it faces scrutiny after a corporate makeover executed by outgoing chief Jeff Immelt in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis failed to...
A western Indian state has agreed to write off loans to farmers estimated to be worth nearly $5 billion after 11 days of protests that have strangled supplies to the country's financial capital,...
Information available to Today shows that some Chinese and Ghanaian illegal miners operating in some mining communities in the country were not only involved in illegal mining, but also into money...
The banking industry’s stock of Non-Performing Loans (NPLs), increased by 24.5 percent between April 2016 and April 2017, the Bank of Ghana’s latest banking sector report has shown. The...
The pound struggled on Monday to recover from last week's sharp losses that came in the wake of a shock British election result that has thrown the country into uncertainty. Sterling took a beating...
