Tag: Digital Finance
Public voting opens for the Ghana Fintech Awards 2022
The Ghana Fintech Awards is an initiative of Arkel Limited, a Fintech research and management consulting firm, which is proudly supported by the Ghana...
Digital Fraud Alert! ECOBANK to decline transactions on selected sites, Apps
Due to the rising incidents of digital fraud against customers of banks across the country, Ecobank Ghana has announced its decision to decline online...
Rural, Community Banks urged to expedite action on digitalization
Second Deputy Speaker of the Bank of Ghana, Elsie Addo-Awadzi has called on rural and community banks (RCBs) in the country to expedite action...
Mastercard to issues ‘quantum resistant’ contactless cards
Mastercard has approved the first cards for issuers that are compatible with the new EMVCo contactless specifications designed to protect against attacks from both...
Ghana Fintech & Payments Association welcomes BoG’s Regulatory Sandbox
Ghana Fintech and Payments Association (GFPA) has welcomed the Bank of Ghana's Regulatory and Innovation Sandbox as one critical component required to accelerate the...
BoG’s proactivity set to make Ghana industry 4.0 leader in Africa...
The forward-thinking, proactive posture and actions of the primary financial sector regulator – the Bank of Ghana (BoG) – guarantees the nation will be...
MoneyGram invests in UAE-based startup Jingle Pay
MoneyGram has acquired a 12% stake in Jingle Pay as part of a wider partnership with the UAE-based financial superapp targeting the region's huge...
Harmonising payments in Africa depends on harmonising payment regulation across the...
Most African businesses, if asked, would leap at the chance to expand their markets beyond their home countries. And whether it’s a Kenyan fashion...
Virtual card transactions to surpass 121 billion globally by 2027
A new study from Juniper Research has found the number of virtual card transactions will exceed 121 billion globally by 2027, representing a 340% increase...
The Future of Finance: Regulatory insights from two Fintech reports
Recently, the World Bank Group and McKinsey & Company have released two leading reports on “the Future of Finance” highlighting the current state, opportunities,...