Banking & Finance

Ghana’s revised Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) fee regime could accelerate consolidation within the country’s capital market as smaller operators struggle to absorb sharply higher regulatory costs, according to industry …

As was expected by capital market analysts, the sharp increases in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) levies, which took effect on March 1, 2026 have begun having a significant …

The Ghana cedi has recorded a strong recovery against the US dollar, posting four consecutive days of gains between August 11 and 14 as foreign exchange supply improved and demand …

For Ghanaian businesses, the cost of certainty, not the direction of the cedi, is the number worth watching right now, and it has rarely been lower. The best time to …

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has issued a strong warning to Licensed Buying Companies (LBCs) against purchasing cocoa beans from farmers on credit, cautioning that companies that continue the practice …

Stanbic Bank Ghana has become the first bank in Ghana to offer customers direct renminbi (RMB) – otherwise known as Chinese yuan – settlement through China’s Cross-Border Interbank Payment System …

Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr. Johnson Pandit Asiama, has called on banks to deepen support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), particularly those operating within agricultural value …

Individual declarations as to their recapitalization or merger plans by Ghana’s community banks – which recently transitioned from rural and community banks following a directive by the Bank of Ghana …

Government turns to agriculture, manufacturing and agro-processing to reduce gold dependence Ghana is intensifying efforts to expand its non-traditional export sector as part of a broader strategy to reduce the …

Ghana’s growing dependence on gold for export earnings has renewed concerns about the vulnerability of the economy to swings in international commodity prices, with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warning …