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Ghana CBDC Development: New Central Bank Document Outlines Key Motivations for Issuing the Digital Currency
In a recently released document, the Bank of Ghana (BOG) outlines some of its key reasons for developing the central bank digital currency ...
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Ghana: SIM card registration deadline extended to July 31
The deadline for the registration of Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards using details of the Ghana Card has been extended to July 31, 2022. A ...
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Ghana: Bank of Ghana increases Capital Adequacy Ratio to 13% effective April 1
The Bank of Ghana has announced an increment in the Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) regulatory requirement for banks to 13 percent from an initial 10 ...
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Ghana: Ghana Hikes Interest Rate 250 Basis Points
Bank of Ghana has raised its benchmark interest rate by 250 basis points to 17 per cent, Governor Ernest Addison said in a ...
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Ghana: Smart Africa, NADPA Sign MOU to Harmonise Data Protection Laws
The Smart Africa Alliance (SAA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Network of African Data Protection Authorities (NADPA) to provide ...
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Ghana: Monitor your bank accounts regularly for suspicious transactions – BoG urges customers
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has urged all customers of banks and other financial institutions to regularly monitor their bank accounts for suspicious transactions. According ...
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Ghana: eCedi usage will be free of charges – Bank of Ghana
The Bank of Ghana has disclosed that the eCedi, the Central Bank Digital Currency which it intends to issue will be free of ...
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Ghana: Payments Firm Dash App Ordered to Stop Operations by the Bank of Ghana
Payment firm Dash App has been ordered to stop operations by the Bank of Ghana. The platform, whose focus is the development of ...
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Ghana: GRA Launches Portal for Non-Resident Digital Service Providers to Pay Tax
An online portal to enable non-resident digital service providers to pay taxes has been launched in Accra. The Non-Resident E-Commerce/Digital Service(s) Registration Portal ...
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Ghana: Ghana’s Fintech Startup, Dash, Raises $32.8m to Build Interoperability for African Mobile Wallets
Dash, Ghana-based unified payments app has announced that it has raised $32.8 million in an oversubscribed seed round to facilitate interoperability for digital ...
