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Business

BoG To Offload 10% To 20% of GhIPSS To Commercial Banks

Citi Business News has gathered that the Bank of Ghana (BoG) may allow commercial banks to acquire between 10 and 20...

Business

Investors Cautioned Against Investing In Banking Stocks

Fund managers in the country have been cautioned against investing in banking stocks as the return on such investments...

Business

BoG Considers Increasing Minimum Capital Requirement of Banks

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is working to increase the minimum capital that every commercial bank must have in order to...

Top Stories

Fancy Adverts, Terrible Service

In Accra not an hour goes by on local radio and television without an advert of a bank promoting some sort of potion...

Business

Rural Banks To Venture Into Insurance

The Association of Rural Banks says it taking steps to establish an insurance company to take care of high risk...

Business

32 Banks For Ghana’s Economy Okay – Acheampong

Banking consultant, Nana Otuo Acheampong has stated that the increasing number of banks in the country is not a...

Business

Telcos Bemoan Delays Over E-Money License

Mobile money operators in the country want the Bank of Ghana to expedite the processes of issuing licenses to Dedicated...

Business

Banks Warned Not To Cut Lending Due To High NPLs

Commercial Banks in the country are being urged not to cut or reduce lending to the public and businesses due to the...

Business

GhIPSS Charges Banks To Expand Instant Pay Service

The Ghana Inter-bank Payment and Settlements Systems (GhIPSS) has charged banks in the country to expand the Instant...

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Bad Economic Management Cause of Failed Eurobond

Due to the lack of measures to mitigate the negative impact of economic factors, the Mahama-led National Democratic...

Business

HFC Awaits Court’s Ruling In Finatrade Debt Saga

HFC bank has told Citi Business News it will await a court ruling before it makes its next move following Finatrade’s...

Profiles

Complete Biography & Profile of Alan John Kojo Kyerematen, Former Minister for Trade & PSI

Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen (popularly called Alan Cash) is a Ghanaian politician, a corporate executive, a diplomat...

Business

Income Tax Increment Threatens Survival of Rural Banks

The Association of Rural Banks have expressed fears that the increment in the Corporate Tax of rural and community...

Business

Finatrade’S GH¢1.2bn Debt Exposes Banks’ Greed

The Chief Executive Officer of Dalex Finance, Mr Ken Thompson, says the risk of default on Finatrade's GH¢1.2 billion...

Business

Gov´T Urged to Consider Tax Credit to Mortgage Institutions

The managing director of HFC Bank, Mr Robert Le Hunte, has called on the government to consider a tax credit on the...

Top Stories

38-Year-Old Arrested by Ghana Police for Hacking into Banks and Transferring Money into His Account

A 38-year-old man, alleged to be a specialist in hacking into the emails of banks and other business institutions to...

Africa & World

Fear over Possible New Currency Prompts Bank Run in Zimbabwe

A prolonged shortage of the U.S. dollar, the dominant circulating currency in Zimbabwe, has worsened over the past two...

Africa & World

Zimbabwe on the Brink of Complete Economic Collapse as It Slashes Retirement Age by 10 Years

Zimbabwe is so desperate for cash it has cut the retirement age for soldiers from 60 years to 50. Only those who fought...

Technology

Thousands Sign Up As PayPal launches in Nigeria.

PayPal has signed up "tens of thousand" of Nigerians in its first week of operating in Africa's biggest economy, with...