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Banking & Finance
Banks cut fraud, fintechs emerge as new hotspot
Fraud within Ghana’s traditional banking sector declined sharply in 2025, but a surge in electronic fraud at Payment Service Providers (PSPs) pushed overall financial sector fraud to a record high.
Features
Paper Tiger: Why West Africa's Duty-Free Pledge Keeps Failing Its Traders
Forty-five years after its creation, the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme has registered 50,000 products for duty-free access, yet intra-regional trade barely clears 12 per cent. A hard look at the levies, legal obligations and political will standing between aspiration and market reality.
Economy
New orders fall for first time in five months
A renewed fall in new orders contributed to a deterioration in overall business conditions for companies in Ghana at the midway point of 2026.
Insurance
Insurers seek PFM law reform to break banks’ guarantee monopoly
The insurance industry has called for an urgent amendment of the Public Financial Management Regulations (LI 2378) that allows insurers to issue advance payment guarantees for contractors and service providers executing government projects.
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