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 […]
The Receiver for the collapsed 347 Microfinance Companies (“MFIs”) and the 23 Savings & Companies, Eric Nana Nipah, is in the process of selling another set of landed properties belonging to some of the defunct firms. Mr. Nipah had earlier in March 2021 announced the sale of some of the properties of the affected firms. At the […]
The Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien, has renewed his plea to refund part of the monies he allegedly stole from the bank leading to its insolvency. His lawyers have once again written to the Office of the Attorney General to resume negotiations under Section 35 of the […]
The Commercial Division of the Accra High Court has dismissed an application by the Founder of the defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien, which sought to halt his trial pending a review of the court’s ruling against a submission of no case. The court, presided over by Justice Eric Kyei-Bafffour, a Justice of the Court […]
IN THE MATTER OF THE BANKS AND SPECIALISED DEPOSIT-TAKING INSTITUTIONS ACT, 2016 (ACT 930) IN THE MATTER OF THE RECEIVERSHIP OF PREMIUM BANK GHANA LIMITED (IN RECEIVERSHIP) AND HERITAGE BANK GHANA LIMITED (IN RECEIVERSHIP) NOTICE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC SALE OF VEHICLES AND CHATTELS OF PREMIUM BANK GHANA LIMITED (IN RECEIVERSHIP) (“PREMIUM”) AND HERITAGE BANK […]
Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison, has provided a detail response to the reason the Central Bank will not be appearing before a Parliamentary Committee to answer a petition by some shareholders of defunct UT Bank and unibank. According to him, one of the major reasons is to allow the legal proceedings […]
The Joint Receiver of the collapse Banks and Microfinance institutions has revealed that some customers are yet to receive their monies. According to Mr Eric Nipa, some customers sent in their claims late while others had no information to validate their claims because their institutions had already collapsed before the revocation of license. Hence, when […]