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NPRA Gets Tough On Employers To Pay SSNIT Contributions

The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has renewed its call on companies to ensure the payment of the...

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12m People Without Pension As Fund Managers, Telco Devise New Strategy

An estimated 12 million people in the informal sector of the economy are without any form of pension, a situation that...

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Zcash, the Virtual Money Making Its Mark

Zcash, the latest virtual currency, has been a smash success since its launch seven months ago, drawing in new users...

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Government, GNAT Clear 42,347 Teachers To Be Paid Arrears

The government, in collaboration with the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), has completed 90 per cent of...

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Government’s Snail Pace Payment of Arrears Will Frustrate NHIS – Chamber of Pharmacy

Out of 12 months arrears in indebtedness under the NHIS, government has only paid for a month The Chamber of Pharmacy...

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SSNIT Ignores Debtors Owing GHC477m

The new management of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), appears disinterested in a whopping...

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SSNIT Ignores Ghc477.3m Debtors

The new management of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), appears disinterested in a whopping...

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Journalists Urged To Create Awareness On Mobile Money Frauds

A call has been made to media practitioners to create effective awareness on risks and challenges associated with the...

Business

GHL Announces Public Sector Mortgage Schemes

Ghana Home Loans (GHL), the mortgage specialists, has initiated collaborations with several public sector groups to...

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HSBC First-Quarter Pre-Tax Profit Falls 19%

HSBC said on Thursday that pre-tax profit fell 19 percent to US$4.96 billion in the first three months of the year. The...

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US Federal Reserve Keeps Key Lending Rate Unchanged

The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday made no change in the benchmark interest rate and downplayed recent weak economic...

Business

Non-Bank Financial Institutions Appeal For Cheaper Funds

The current high lending rate offered to non-bank financial institutions by the Central Bank is rendering them...

Business

National Financial Inclusion Strategy In the Offing

The government is to launch in June, this year, a national financial inclusion strategy aimed at making financial...

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US Senate Confirms Jay Clayton As New SEC Chief

The US Senate confirmed attorney Jay Clayton as the new head of the Securities and Exchange Commission tasked with...

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Impact of Policy Rate On Ghana’s Interest Rates

In slashing the policy rate in November 2016 from 26% to 25.50% and subsequently by 200 basis points in March 2017 to...

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US Fed Not Likely To Move Rates Amid Tepid Inflation

The Federal Reserve was set to open its two-day policy meeting on Tuesday amid signs of softening inflation which eases...

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BoG Limits CEOs Tenure To 15 Years

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is to implement new corporate governance guidelines for the banking sector next month, as it...

Business

BoG Directs Banks To Plug Loopholes

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) says it has prescribed remedial measures both general and specific to the risk exposure of each...

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You Can’t Be CEO For More Than 15 Yrs

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is to implement new corporate governance guidelines for the banking sector next month, as it...