Business24 Newspaper 27th August, 2021

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FRIDAY AUGUST 27, 2021

Absa Bank drives digital banking with new branch opening

Uphold science-based origintracing and fight Covid-19 together

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FRIDAY MONDAY AUGUST MAY 3, 27,2021 2021

Digital banking has heightened fraud risk, BoG says By Benson Afful

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he emergence of the global pandemic, which increased the use of electronic modes of transacting business in the country, has also led to a higher exposure of financial institutions to fraud, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has revealed. In its 2020 Banking Industry Fraud report, the central bank said there was a total case

The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in a surge in the use of digital/electronic platforms for financial transactions.

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GEPA promotes services as export growth pole By Patrick Paintsil p_paintsil@hotmail.com

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he Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) says it is promoting the export of services as part of the nation’s drive to boost exports to help strengthen the economy. “Realising the potential of the services sector, the authority

GEPA boss Ms. Afua Asabea Asare interacting with an exhibitor at the event

Thriving MSMEs critical to economy’s growth, says GNCCI boss By Patrick Paintsil p_paintsil@hotmail.com

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here is the need to empower micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to recover quickly from the harm of the virus pandemic to enable them serve their Cont’d on page 3

New payment platform to be introduced at the ports By Eugene Davis ugendavis@gmail.com

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he Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has announced that the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority is in the process Cont’d on page 5

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