ECB’s Lagarde calls for regulating Bitcoin’s “funny business”
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde called on Wednesday for global regulation of Bitcoin, saying the digital currency had been
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Global Finance
Crypto Market Erases $200 Billion In Market Value In 24 Hours; Regulator Warns Investors Could ‘Lose All Their Money’
As of 10:30 a.m. EST, the value of the cryptocurrency market has tanked to about $900 billion from a high
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FTSE 100 wraps up worst year since 2008 financial crisis
The blue-chip FTSE 100 closed Thursday’s shortened trading session lower and clocked its worst year since the 2008 financial crisis
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Will bitcoin end the dollar’s reign?
When the pandemic hit, the US dollar was as mighty as ever. Despite talk of faltering American supremacy, the dollar
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Global talks on taxing technology firms will slip into 2021
Officials of OECD have warned that failing to strike a deal would lead to a proliferation of taxes and tariffs
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BOG is determined to save a falling cedi—Bloomberg
Finance Desk – GITFIConline.com Mr. Moses Mozart Dzawu of Bloomberg says the Bank of Ghana sells US dollars to stabilise
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IFC on supporting financial institutions to expand access to green financing
The International Finance Corporation is providing FirstRand Bank with Africa’s first climate loan with a blue component to the value
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WorldRemit announces it is buying Sendwave
WorldRemit says it is buying Sendwave, an app-based remittance company in a cash and stock deal. Subject to licensing and
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TC’s Energy and Power China sign financing agreement to revive Ada Foah Wave Energy Project
TC’s Energy USA and its partners, Power China Huadong Engineering Corporation Ltd and Seabased of Sweden, have signed a major
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Parliament urges GNPC to Position itself for better Financial Prudence
Parliament on Tuesday approved the programme of activities for the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) for 2020, with a call
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Apple wins tax battle with EU as court annuls 2016 order to pay $15 billion in taxes
The European Commission said in 2016 that Ireland had enabled Apple to pay “substantially less tax than other businesses over
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World Bank Board approves $315m Financing for jobs and Digital Transformation in Ghana
The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank has given approval for a $315 million financing for Ghana, the
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The U.S. can ‘change the world’ by devaluing the dollar, analyst claims
U.S. policymakers could “change the world” by devaluing the dollar, one analyst has claimed. Speaking to CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe”
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Data Consolidation ongoing to Boost Revenue Generation – Ghana’s Finance Minister
The Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta has said that the country is to put in place systems to consolidate the
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Ecobank Ghana Receives Green Climate Fund Accreditation to Support Solar Projects
Ecobank Ghana has been accredited by the Green Climate Fund (GCF), paving way for the institution to receive funds from
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