GN Bank Scoops Awards
GN Bank took four out of five awards at the Western Union-Ecobank Subagents Awards dinner GN Bank, a member of the Groupe Nduom conglomerate, led by its Remittances and Diaspora Service Department,...
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Alibaba Quarterly Profits Almost Double To $1.55 Bn
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba said Thursday its net profit almost doubled in the latest quarter on the back of soaring growth in online shopping. Alibaba, which has made billionaire founder Jack...
China’s Alipay Takes On Apple In US Expansion
Alipay, the Chinese digital payment giant owned by ecommerce giant Alibaba, is expanding in the US. Customers will be able to use Alipay at about 4 million businesses after a deal was signed with...
Fyre Festival Turns From ‘luxury’ To ‘disaster’ With Ticket-Holders Stranded In Bahamas
A luxury music festival in the Bahamas, with tickets costing up to $12,000 (£9,200), has been branded a “disaster”, with reports of no security and cancelled flights. Fyre Festival, co-organised...
MoneyGram Presents First Suzuki Alto
Love Oduro, an 80-year-old retired educationist at the weekend, won the first of MoneyGram’s six Suzuki Altos as part of a grand promotion to celebrate Ghana’s 60th independence anniversary at...
MoneyGram Gives Away 1st Car In Its 60 Years’ Promo
Money transfer service provider, MoneyGram, has reiterated its commitment to providing competitive services to give value for money for its numerous customers. According to MoneyGram the increased...
80-Year-Old Wins Car In MoneyGram’s Ghana@60 Promo
At 80, many would have thought the chances of winning an award would be slight or never come to pass. It was a sight of shock and excitement when Love Oduro emerged the winner of MoneyGram’s Ghana...
Western Union’s Bot Sends Money Transfers Through Facebook Messenger
Money transfer company, Western Union launched a Facebook Messenger bot today that allows people within the United States to transfer money to more than 200 countries around the world. The bot was...
Ghana Amongst Countries With High Cost of Remitting Money-Report
A new report published by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has shown that Ghana is amongst the countries in Sub Sahara African with the highest cost of remitting money back home....
Ghana Amongst Countries With High Cost of Remitting Money
A new report published by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has shown that Ghana is amongst the countries in Sub Sahara African with the highest cost of remitting money back home....
Ghana Amongst Countries With High Cost of Remitting Money-Report
A new report published by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has shown that Ghana is amongst the countries in Sub Sahara African with the highest cost of remitting money back home....
First Atlantic Bank Opens More Branches
First Atlantic Bank formally opened its Dzorwulu and Ring Road Central branches to the public on Tuesday. Karen Akiwumi-Tandoh, Board Chair of the bank, said nearly five years ago after the receipt...
MoneyGram International Hosted the Ghana Association (Lagos) To A Ghana@60 Celebration
MoneyGram International (Anglophone Africa team) hosted the Ghana Association (Lagos) and its agent partners to a cocktail event on Monday, March 6th, 2017 in celebration of the 60th anniversary of...
Ghana’s Theatres On the Verge of Collapse – David Dontoh
“Nigerian movies are doing well because they invest a lot in theatre which produces good actors but unfortunately, this does not happen in Ghana. Once theatre is given the needed push, our movie...
Millennial Love For Snapchat Extends To the Stock
For some millennial investors, loyalty to one of their favorite apps matters more than financial details in the case of Snap Inc (SNAP. N). The stock of Snapchat's parent company has been on a...
MoneyGram and Capital Bank Announce Partnership In Ghana
MoneyGram and Capital Bank, announced today the launch of MoneyGram’s services across Capital’s Bank network in Ghana. Customers in Ghana can now send and receive money from friends and family...
Alibaba’s Ant Financial Buys MoneyGram For $880m
Ant Financial, the digital payments arm of e-commerce giant Alibaba, is buying US-based MoneyGram for $880m (£700m).MoneyGram has about 350,000 outlets in nearly 200 countries. Ant Financial has...
Alibaba’s Ant Financial Buys MoneyGram For $880m
Ant Financial, the digital payments arm of e-commerce giant Alibaba, is buying US-based MoneyGram for $880m (£700m). MoneyGram has about 350,000 outlets in nearly 200 countries. Ant Financial has...
Investors’ Appetite For Ghanaian Equities Soared
The third week trading on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) continued upward trajectory as the bullish sentiments which characterized trading persisted on the Accra Bourse as investors’ appetite for...
Foreign Diplomats ‘depressed’ By Trump
Donald Trump's first address as US president wasn't just watched by Americans -- the world was listening too, and for now, his inaugural remarks have left some depressed, many wary and everyone...