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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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