Includes special features of this country’s banking system and rules/laws that might impact U.S. business.
Last Published: 12/3/2018

Ghana’s formal banking sector comprises the central bank (the Bank of Ghana) and a number of other banks, including commercial banks, development banks, merchant banks and a plethora of rural unit banks. As the Central Bank, the Bank of Ghana has the responsibility for implementation of monetary policies.     
     
Previously, banking in Ghana was dominated by state-owned institutions and showed few signs of competition. Within the last decade, however, some state-owned banks have been privatized under the government’s Divestiture Implementation Program.
Non-banking financial institutions comprise a stock exchange, insurance companies, the social security and national insurance trust, discount houses, building societies, venture capital companies, mutual funds and leasing companies.
 

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