The Regulatory Sandbox is an opportune tool for harnessing the potential of technology to develop an efficient and inclusive financial service industry without risking financial stability.
Agric and Environment
-
-
Agric and EnvironmentEconomy and FinanceNewsTechnology
Banks’ profitability growth shrinks
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsThe banking sector’s profit before tax was GH¢4.4 billion, representing 21.6 percent annual growth in June 2022, compared to 32.1 percent in the previous year.
-
Agric and EnvironmentNewsTechnology
Banks unlock credit to private sector
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsAccording to the Bank of Ghana, (BoG), private sector credit increased significantly by 33.7 percent in June 2022, compared with 6.8 percent in the same period of 2021. However, in …
-
Agric and EnvironmentLifestyleMining & EnergyNews
5years ban on construction of new gas filling stations lifted
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan Adams“Cabinet has granted a special dispensation to allow the completion of the construction of stranded LPG stations across the country”, the NPA stated in a press statement last week.
-
Agric and EnvironmentEconomy and FinanceNewsTechnology
Gov’t revises macroeconomic indicators.. inflation pegged at 28.5%
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan Adamsthe revision of the end-period inflation for 2022, as part of the re-jigging of the entire macroeconomic framework, has been necessitated by a significantly-changed macroeconomic environment.
-
Agric and EnvironmentEconomy and FinanceNews
Ghana’s current account worsens
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsNotwithstanding the significant improvement in the trade surplus, the current account deficit widened to US$1.1 billion, compared with US$762.0 million recorded in the same period of 2021.
-
Agric and EnvironmentEconomy and FinanceNewsTechnology
BoG Dollar Sales: supply fall short of about 80%
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsSales of the US dollar stood at US$25 million. This translate into a percentage shortfall in supply of about 80 percent.
-
Agric and EnvironmentEconomy and FinanceNewsTechnology
Interbank and forex bureau dollar rate differentials almost 14%
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsThis peg the difference in the market rates at about 14 percent or GH¢1.0.
-
Agric and EnvironmentEconomy and FinanceNews
SIM card registration: No extension of July 31 deadline as 12 million SIMs registered
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsAccording to the Minister over, 12 million Ghanaians have so far linked their Ghana Cards to their SIM Cards, against almost 16 million Ghanaians who have received their Ghana card …
-
Agric and EnvironmentEconomy and FinanceNews
GSE, NIC and NPRA to lead local credit rating agency agenda
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsThe Ministry of Finance has accepted the business plan for the first domestic credit rating agency to be established with key market regulators as shareholders. The institutions have already accepted …