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Eastern Region: Tourism Authority closes down 12 facilities, plans to close 13 more
The move is part of a 10-day exercise to close down about 25 non-compliant facilities within the Eas...
FCA fines Ghana International Bank £5.8 million for breach of Money Laundering Regulation
Under Regulation 42(1), the Authority is empowered to impose civil penalties upon those who breach t...
About GHC 54,000,000 realized in 1st month of E-levy – BoG
“As far as the E-levy is concerned, what we are beginning to see in the numbers since May, I think r...
Review Forex Act 2006: Relook at requirement for opening FX Accounts - Absa Markets Head
“If you look at our FX market, I think the FX Act was passed in 2006. I think 16 years down the line...
8th Absa-UPSA Law School Quarterly Banking Roundtable held
It featured the Director of Research and Member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the BOG, Philip ...
Competitiveness under AFCFTA: Ghana needs a business impact analysis of all Bills passed – Lawyer
"In fact, there are Legislations in this country that actually prevents entities from growing. A rec...
NPA fines 7 companies for petroleum infractions
According to the statement dated May 23, 2022, and signed by its Public Affairs Directorate, the def...
FDA closes down Marwarko Restaurant over food poisoning complaints
Announcing in a tweet today, May 12, 2022, the FDA said the closure of the restaurant is to enable i...
Aftermath of the Supreme Court's order to GRA: A look at E-levy deductions, accountability
Aftermath of the Supreme Court order to GRA: A look at E-levy deductions, accountability...
Registrar-General’s Department increases penalty for late filing of annual returns
The increment from GH¢450 to GH¢500 will affect Private Unlimited Companies, Public/Private Companie...
Capture your rights of enforcement in collateral agreements – BoG to Lenders
Lenders' right to enforcement under the Borrowers and Lenders Act, 2020 (ACT 1052) offers three reme...
Nigeria: Fidelity Bank PLC, others fined $857,000 over cryptocurrency transactions
The CBN circular of 5 February 2021 restricted deposit money banks (DMBs), nonbank financial institu...
Desist from dealing in illegal forex activities - BoG
Such violations are punishable on a summary conviction, by a fine of up to 700 penalty units or a t...
251 defaulting institutions to be prosecuted in 2 weeks if - Data Protection Commission
Institutions that collect and process personal data are mandated by Section 46 of the Data Protectio...
President Akufo-Addo assents E-levy bill, after passage on Tuesday
President Nana Akufo-Addo has signed the E-levy bill into law, following its passage by Parliament o...
All there is to know about the Electronic Transfer Levy Act, 2022 (Act 1075)
The Electronic Transfer Levy Act, 2022 (Act 1075) as assented to by the President of the Republic, N...
Parliament approves E-levy bill
The second reading of the levy saw the bill being adopted at the reduced rate of 1.5% from the initi...
Crime in books than in Practice: Black Market Foreign Exchange Businesses in Focus
The operators, who are mostly African foreign Nationals, like Nigerians, Nigeriens, Malians, and the...
Government imposes moratorium on vehicle imports
"We will ensure that the overall effect is to reduce total vehicle purchases by the public sector, a...
Ukraine's President signs Virtual Assets Bill into law, legalizing Crypto
The law determines the legal status, classification, ownership and regulators of virtual assets, as ...
BoG directs payments platform Dash App to halt operations
Founded by Prince Boakye Boampong, the fintech has been operating in Ghana since 2019. It currently ...
Harmonising Data Protection Laws: African Authorities sign MoU with Smart Africa Alliance
Smart Africa Alliance, a Rwandan-based ICT firm, chaired by President Paul Kagame, will provide inst...
Kentrust Pension Ltd not designated to collect contributions – SSNIT
In a notice by the management of the company, SSNIT said employers and persons who pay SSNIT contrib...
BoG warns public against Kwame Bediako aka Cheddar’s cryptocurrency, Freedom Coin
Cryptocurrencies do not have an official recognition in Ghana and are not regulated by either the Ba...
Parliament likely to consider E-Levy bill this week
Mr Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, the Deputy Majority Leader, announced that the E-Levy Bill falls...
