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The Ghana telephone numbering plan is the system used for assigning telephone numbers in Ghana. It is regulated by the National Communications Authority, which holds responsibility for telecommunications. Since 1 May 2010, all fixed-line numbers and mobile numbers have 9 national (significant) numbers after the '0' trunk code. [1]
M-PESA is a branchless banking service; M-PESA customers can deposit and withdraw money from a network of agents that includes airtime resellers and retail outlets acting as banking agents. M-PESA spread quickly, and by 2010 had become the most successful mobile-phone-based financial service in the developing world. [ 4 ]
Sportsbet is an online gambling company owned by Flutter Entertainment, primarily targeting the Australian market.Founded in Darwin, Northern Territory, [2] Sportsbet is licensed as a corporate bookmaker in the Northern Territory under the Racing and Betting Act 1993 (NT).
The company was founded by Mark Blandford in 1997. [2] Sportingbet acquired Paradise Poker in October 2004. [3] On 7 September 2006 Sportingbet reported that its then chairman, Peter Dicks, was detained in New York City on a Louisiana warrant while traveling in the United States on business unrelated to online gambling. [4]
The bank offers universal banking services to institutional, corporate, commercial, and retail customers, across Ghana. As of December 2023, Access Bank Ghana had total assets of GHS:12.3 billion (US$812 million), with shareholders' equity of GHS:1.613 billion (US$106.5 million). [3]
Ecobank Ghana PLC is a commercial bank in Ghana. It is one of the commercial banks licensed by the Bank of Ghana , the national banking regulator. [ 2 ] In 2022, the bank retained its position as the largest bank in Ghana in the 2023 Ghana Banking Survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) . [ 3 ]
In September 2017, the Bank of Ghana directed all universal banks in Ghana to raise their minimum capital reserves from GHS:120 million (US$22.8 million) to GHS:400 million (US$73.4 million). Five banks that failed to meet the minimum requirements were merged, namely Construction Bank , The Beige Bank , The Royal Bank , UniBank and Sovereign Bank .
The bank's headquarters is situated in the capital city of Ghana, Accra. It operates through various branches and subsidiary entities across multiple locations: [2] Head office - Located at the SSNIT Emporium Building on Liberation Road, Airport City, Accra; Abeka UMB Branch - Situated at Opsem House, opposite the SSNIT Building