National Payments Strategy Workshop Opens In Accra

Mr Seth Terkper, Minister for Finance and Economic Planning in Ghana, has stressed the need to improve confidence in electronic payments systems and infrastructure and to encourage the patronage of alternative payments systems. Mr Terkper said effective payments systems were necessary for the effective implementation of monetary and fiscal policies as well as for financial

Barclays Bank of Ghana and NCR Provide 24-hour ATM Access to Financial Services

Barclays Bank of Ghana is providing 24-hour access to financial services delivered at the ATM, enabled through NCR Corporation software. Barclays, which has operated in Ghana for more than 95 years, has installed 29 NCR SelfServ 34 ATMs featuring intelligent deposit, allowing Barclays customers to deposit cash without an envelope and get immediate, on-screen validation

Visa Study Reveals Mobile Money Drives Demand for Financial Services

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Multi-country study reveals sophisticated payment needs and behaviors of unbanked consumers in developing economies. Preventing theft, ability to send money quickly drives mobile money adoption. Visa Inc. and Fundamo, the Visa-owned mobile money platform, today announced the results of a study that reveals consumers in six developing countries are already highly aware of mobile money

UT Bank introduces ‘UT Bank on Wheels’

The management of UT Bank unveiled its new innovation in Banking dubbed, “UT Bank on Wheels” to its shareholders at the Bank’s 2013 Annual General meeting. The service which will be the first of its kind in the banking industry in Ghana is a mobile branch equipped with communications and technology systems to offer real