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Customers of defunct Microfinance firms, others start receiving payments

Customers of defunct Microfinance companies, Savings and Loans companies, and Finance Houses have started receiving their locked-up funds. This follows the release of GHS3.56 billion in cash to fully settle depositor claims of depositors of the defunct firms. The payments began on Wednesday, September 16, 2020, as announced by the …

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Ecobank, Registrar General hold virtual sensitisation on business re-registation

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Ecobank, in partnership with the Registrar General, has sensitised businesses on the Companies Re-registration Directive by the Registrar General’s Department to drive compliance. The event, which was held virtually on Wednesday, September 16, 2020 for over 2,000 participants, is part of the bank’s efforts to support and provide convenient solutions …

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Don’t recruit young ‘inexperienced’ graduates to top positions – Organised Labour to GRA

Organised’s Labour is calling on the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to desist from recruiting young graduates to the position of Chief Revenue Officers (CROs) and Assistant Commissioners (ACs) of the Authority. According to them, most of the young graduates lack the qualification requirements and years of experience required for one …

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Fidelity Bank and IFC Webinar Series: An impactful journey to grow SMEs

To support Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Fidelity Bank in partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) initiated a four-part webinar series to offer financial and business strategies for SMEs to navigate the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The webinar series was organized under the Bank’s new thought …

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Fidelity Bank rolls out Ghana’s-first Global Payments Innovation for safer international payments

Fidelity Bank Ghana, a leading Ghanaian bank, has partnered with SWIFT, the global provider of secure financial messaging services to adopt Global Payments Innovation (gpi) service, making cross-border payments faster and easier for customers. The industry-first initiative will enable real-time tracking of cross border payments by Fidelity Bank customers as …

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Fidelity Bank rolls out Ghana’s-first Global Payments Innovation for safer international payments

Fidelity Bank Ghana, a leading Ghanaian bank, has partnered with SWIFT, the global provider of secure financial messaging services to adopt Global Payments Innovation (gpi) service, making cross-border payments faster and easier for customers. The industry-first initiative will enable real-time tracking of cross border payments by Fidelity Bank customers as …

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Access Bank unveils Perfect Start campaign to get children to save

Olumide Olatunji, MD of Access Bank Ghana

Access Bank Ghana has unveiled a new promotion targeted at children to improve financial literacy from an early age. Riding on the back of the Bank’s kid’s savings account – Early Savers, the campaign dubbed “Perfect Start” is aimed at fuelling the dreams of young ones while providing the platform …

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Vodafone CEO joins African leaders, others to speak on Africa’s economic recovery post-COVID-19

Vodafone CEO joins African leaders and international community to speak on Africa’s economic recovery after COVID-19 Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Vodafone Ghana, Patricia Obo-Nai, has joined a host of African Leaders and international Community to share her thought of Africa’s Economic Recovery after COVID-19 at this year’s Bruegel Annual …

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Venture Capital recovers monies wrongfully paid to directors, property owners

The Chairman, Public Accounts Committee of Parliament (PAC) Dr James Avedzi Klutse, on Wednesday could not hide his anger when certain names repeatedly came up in connection with wrongful payments from the Venture Capital Trust Fund (VCTF) The chairman urged Mr Yaw Owusu Brempong, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the …

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