The Director of Communications of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has clarified that the BoG worked closely with GN Bank during its liquidity challenges. According to him, the Central Bank also worked with GN Bank after its request to be reclassified as a Savings and Loans company. He indicated that the revocation of GN Savings […]
A Human Rights Court in Accra has dismissed the application filed by Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, GN Savings and Loans, and another for human rights infractions exhibited by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) in revoking the entity’s license.
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an application challenging the revocation of the operating license of a defunct microfinance company, TI Microfinance Limited, by the Bank of Ghana (BoG). The court in a unanimous decision was of the view that the judicial review application filed before the High Court was wrong in law. The court […]
William Ato Essien, the founder of the defunct Capital Bank, who was standing trial for stealing GH¢192.5 million of depositors’ funds, has avoided a custodial sentence. Essien avoided prison today (December 13, 2022) after the court, presided over by Justice Eric Kyei Baffour, accepted an agreement between him (Essien) and the prosecution for Essien to […]
Two former officials of the Bank of Ghana, alongside three other executives of defunct UT Bank are facing different types of charges in an Accra High Court (Commercial Division) over their purported roles leading up to the collapse of the bank. According to the charge sheet filed at the High Court, former second Deputy Governor, Dr. […]
The High Court presided over by Justice Eric Kyei Baffour has rejected a settlement deal between state prosecutors and embattled founder of now-defunct Capital Bank, Ato Essien. According to the settlement arrangement submitted on Wednesday to the court, a day before the advertised judgement day, Ato Essien had agreed to change his plea to guilty […]
The Court of Appeal has by a unanimous decision upheld the Bank of Ghana’s application that the suit by Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom and others against the Bank of Ghana’s revocation of the licence of GN Bank be referred to Arbitration. The Court today June 2nd, 2022, held that per section 141 of the Banks and […]
The High court has dismissed William Ato Essien’s application for a stay of proceedings pending the determination of an appeal against one of its rulings. Justice Eric Kyei Baffour of the Court of Appeal, who sits as an additional High Court Judge, held that “the prospect of the success of the interlocutory appeal is very […]
IN THE MATTER OF THE BANKS AND SPECIALISED DEPOSIT-TAKING INSTITUTIONS ACT, 2016 (ACT 930) AND IN THE MATTER OF THE RECEIVERSHIPS OF THE 347 MICROFINANCE COMPANIES (“MFCs”) AND THE 23 SAVINGS & LOANS AND FINANCE HOUSE COMPANIES (“S&LS”) PRESS RELEASE BY THE RECEIVER, ERIC NANA NIPAH Accra 24 March 2022 My attention has been drawn […]
The Bank of Ghana has forwarded a number of suspected cases of financial crime to the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) for investigations. They include suspicious request to the Central Bank for payment of large sums of inward remittances that has been withheld by the regulator and requests by receivers for investigations into defunct […]