Tag: Ghana card
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Telcos ready to begin deactivating unregistered SIMs – Chamber of Telecommunications
The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications has cautioned that its members are ready to deactivate all SIM cards yet to be registered by November 30, 2022. In a statement, it said its members, AirtelTigo, MTN and Vodafone, have begun complying with the recent directive from the Ministry of Communications and Digitalization. On November 11, 2022, the…
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Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana to no longer sell cocoa at origin differentials below zero
Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana have decided to no longer sell their cocoa at origin differentials below zero, from as much as 125 pounds below the ICE terminal market, their joint Côte d’Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative (CIGCI) announced in Accra on Friday. The origin differential is an additional country quality premium that has traditionally been determined by…
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Non-resident Ghanaians can use their passports for banking transactions – BOG
The Bank of Ghana has issued a directive to banks in the country to allow non-resident Ghanaians who have not yet registered for or do not have access to their National ID cards to use their passports for banking transactions until they obtain their cards. This directive comes a few days after banks started demanding…
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Financial transactions will be allowed even without Ghana card from 1st July – GAB assures
The Ghana Association of Banks has assured that despite the end of the period given for customers of financial institutions to update their data with the Ghana Card, they will be able to still carry out banking transactions even without the card. The directive regarding the update of the data of customers of financial institutions…
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MTN laments inability of customers to access Ghana cards for SIM re-registration
It’s just about five weeks more to end the SIM card re-registration exercise and it appears the inability of customers to access their National Identification cards is hampering the process. Chief Executive Officer of MTN Ghana, Selorm Adadevoh made this observation during a virtual stakeholder and media forum today. As part of efforts to help…
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Banks likely to give more loans if Ghana card policy takes effect – Bankers Assoc.
The Ghana Association of Bankers, says it is confident banks will be willing to give out more loans after the Ghana Card becomes the only card accepted for all financial transactions. The Bank of Ghana has directed all licensed and regulated financial institutions under the central bank, to accept only the Ghana Card for transactions…
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Republic Bank Ghana commissions ultra-modern head office annex
Republic Bank, a bank committed to providing personalised, efficient and competitively priced financial services, has commissioned its new banking space known as the ‘Republic Court Building’ to make banking easy and convenient for all. The bank also paid for the cost involved in the renovation of the African Union (AU) Square. Speaking at a ceremony…
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Ghana Card to be the only ID for all financial transactions from July 1 – BoG
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has served notice to all licensed financial institutions and the general public that effective July 1, 2022, the Ghana Card shall be the only identification card accepted for any form of banking or financial transactions in the country. According to a statement signed by the Central Bank and sighted by…
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We won’t accept contributions from persons without Ghana cards from January 2022 – SSNIT
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) says employers who submit contributions reports for employees without Ghana card numbers from next year risk attracting sanctions. According to SSNIT such reports submitted at its offices from the 2nd of January 2022 will be rejected and employers could suffer penalties on such contributions if they are…
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Ghanaians welcome merger of SSNIT and Ghana Card numbers [Video]
As the integration of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) and Ghana Card numbers begin, Ghanaians have welcomed the exercise and its attendant benefits. The merger process began on Monday, June 28, 2021, and is expected to provide a convenient means to transact business using one integrated card. This is expected to improve…