Tag: Bank of Ghana
Banks in Ghana to reject £20 and £50 paper notes from...
The Bank of Ghana has directed all banks and financial institutions in the country to reject all British £50 and £20 paper notes effective...
eCedi Adoption: Education & investment into ecosystem infrastructure critical – Eli...
Chief Executive of Mobile Money Limited (MTN MoMo), Eli Hini has stated that for Ghana's central bank digital currency (CBDC) - eCedi, to take...
Payments systems key to success of AfCTA – BoG Governor
The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison has firmly asserted the banks conviction that payments systems will be key to the...
Vodafone Cash, Calbank, IT Consortium customers can test online version of...
Vodafone Cash, CalBank and IT Consortium customers have been granted the opportunity to test the online version of Bank of Ghana’s Central Bank Digital...
BoG bares teeth at unauthorised transactions in foreign currency
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has issued a directive to the general public and to quit pricing, advertising, receipting and making payments in foreign...
Vodafone Cash selected for eCedi piloting
Vodafone Ghana's mobile money platform, Vodafone Cash has been selected among several entities for the piloting of Bank of Ghana's Central Bank Digital Currency...
eCedi: BoG to empower banks and curtail Mobile Money?
Some key financial sector stakeholders are concerned that signals in the Bank of Ghana's eCedi Design Paper that the central bank is seeking to...
CIB Ghana’s 2021 Bankers’ Dinner comes off successfully
The Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIB) Ghana has successfully held its 2021 Bankers' Dinner event on the theme, ‘the Digital Economy of Ghana –...
eCedi won’t compete with mobile money – BoG source
Contrary to assertions that Ghana's yet to be launched digital currency, eCedi will bring competition to mobile money, a reliable source at the Bank...
Digital wallet transactions equals 82% of Ghana’s 2020 GDP – Report
A new study by US-based research firm, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) indicates the value of mobile wallet and other digital finance transactions accounted for...