Tag: financial
Major Aussie bank slapped with 1.3 billion AUD fine for financial misconduct
One of Australia's big four banks, Westpac has agreed to pay 1.3 billion Australian dollars (919 million U.S. dollars) for breaching money laundering...
EU financial service chief self-quarantined
Executive Vice President of the European Commission and acting Economy Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis has gone into quarantine as of Thursday after meeting someone infected...
COVID-19 adds emotional, financial burden to Syrian families with start of school
by Hummam Sheikh Ali
Instead of helping her son review the lessons, Rania al-Halabi now spends time teaching her...
American families feel financial pinch from COVID-19 pandemic
At least half of the households in the four largest cities in the United States have experienced job losses or salary cuts since the...
GCC stock markets in financial, real estate sectors most impacted by COVID-19 – report
The year 2020 has been difficult for stock markets and companies in financial and real estate sectors for Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries due...
Kenya to mainstream COVID-19 emergency financial sector regulatory measures
Kenya should mainstream emergency financial sector regulatory measures implemented in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic into the regulatory framework to prepare the sector...
Kenya’s financial inclusion hits 83 percent – report
The national access to financial inclusion in Kenya has hit 82.9 percent, an improvement from 26.7 percent in a decade, a new report released...
Bank of China, Alibaba, Ant Financial establish partnership
Bank of China (BOC) on Monday signed a strategic cooperation deal with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and fintech firm Ant financial to develop a...
PWDs in Bawku trained on financial and business management
About 150 Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in the Bawku Municipal area have received training on financial and business management to assist them set up...
Financial Investors asked to find expert advice
Mrs Cecilia Dapaah, the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, has cautioned potential investors to seek expert advice before investing in the financial space...
Bongo Rural Bank Supports Women Financially
About 680 women in 34 groups have received financial support from the Bongo Rural Bank to help grow their businesses.
The women who are into...
Ghanaian Local Companies to Receive Financial Support from Germany
Dr Gerd Muller, a German Federal Minister, has expressed his country’s commitment to collaborate with Ghana to provide financial solutions to local companies who...
Digitising the financial space is vital to achieving SDGs
Mr Roterice Ayeh, Credit Risk Manager at the ARB Apex Bank has stressed the need for Microfinance institutions to take advantage of digital revolution...
Ghana to benefit from horticultural production
Ghana is to experience a boost in horticultural production and exports with the launch of the Exporter-Out grower financial product under the ‘’Access to...
GFA Normalisation Committee Seeks the Services of a Financial Consultant
The Ghana Football Association (GFA), Normalization Committee on September 13, 2018, has engaged the services a financial consultant to undertake a forensic audit on...
Presidents calls thorough checks on financial institutions
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has advised Ghanaians to conduct thorough background checks on micro-finance institutions before doing business with them to avoid losing...
Dr. Addison Says BoG Will protect Ghana’s financial market
The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Ernest Addison, has observed that the rolling out of the Mobile Money Interoperability Payment System...
Ghana Stock Exchange Index Falls
The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) Financial Stock Index lost 0.5 per cent to close trading on Tuesday’ session at 3,130.9 points thereby forcing the...
In 2017 China extended financial assistance to 96 million Chinese students
China provided financial support for 95.9 million students including preschool children in 2017,or 1877 yuan (297 dollars) every student , according to data released...
Acquaint yourself with the law – Lawyer Jantuah urged Financial and Economic Journalists
The Vice Chairman of the Public Interest and Account Committee (PIAC), Kwame Jantuah has urged Finance and Economic Journalists to acquaint themselves with the...
Black Cranes present medals to brand owners of Indomie
The Black Cranes – the national weightlifting team, paid a courtesy visit to De United Foods Industries Ltd (DUFIL), the brand owners of Indomie,...
GIPC seeks to be an anchor of Ghana’s investment
The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) would be in the long-term transformed into an economic development agency to create its operational efficiency, Mr Yofi...
Financial institutions urged to develop innovative products for SMEs
Dr Ernest Kwamina Yedu Addison, the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), has bemoaned the low credit facility extended to small and medium-scale...
Ghana gov’t urged to engage banks in rural development programmes
Mr. Stephen K. Bedu, General Manager of the Akyempim rural bank in the central region has said the country`s rural development programmes cannot achieve...
GRA engage stakeholders in order to meet 2017 target
The Small Taxpayers Office (STO) and the Medium Taxpayers Office (MTO) of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) in the Volta Region are engaging institutions...
Amansie West Rural Bank support farmers’ day celebration
The Amansie West Rural Bank has donated assorted items to three district assemblies in support of this year's farmers' day celebration.
The beneficiaries are Amansie...
Ghana gov’t asked to pay attention to children protection
SEND Ghana, a policy research and advocacy non-governmental organisation, has asked government to pay attention to social and children protection issues in the 2018...
Minister Calls For Gender Responsive Budgets To Eradicate FGM
Madam Otiko Afisah Djaba, the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, on Friday appealed to African governments to improve upon their national budgets...
Stanbic Bank Ghana Recognize As Best Private Bank
Stanbic Bank Ghana has been named the Best Private Bank in Ghana at the 2017 Global Private Banking Awards held in London.
The award...
Gov’t Assures Ghanaians Of Equal Opportunities
Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance, on Wednesday, presented the 2018 Budget and Economic Policy Statement of the Government to Parliament with the...