"First National Bank CEO hails Ghana.Gov payment platform"

" \n First National Bank CEO hails Ghana.Gov payment platform \n \n\n \n The Chief Executive Officer of First National Bank Ghana, Dominic Adu, has hailed the implementation of Ghana.Gov, an easy to manage digital payment platform for the government, as an outstanding intervention for the Ghanaian economic system. \n \n\n \n Mr. Adu remarked that providing one platform to streamline transactions \u2014 ranging from simple to complex \u2014 is no easy task. \n \n\n \n \u201cWhen it comes to digitizing such payments and moving away from the paper check it may seem hard because it involves some level of complexity and tech heavy lifting,\u201d Mr. Adu says. \n \n\n \n \u201cBut it gets much easier when the platform delivers a clear digital workflow processes around those complexities, making sure that both people in that scenario are engaged, that they\u2019ve both authorized the payment \u2014 and that the money will go where it\u2019s supposed to go. I believe this is a hallmark of the Ghana.gov platform and we all need to embrace the good of it.\u201d \n \n\n \n The Ghana.Gov platform, as explained by Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, is a one-stop platform to enable citizens easily access government services, simplify payments for public services, ensure prompt payments for the services and promote transparency and visibility of internally generated funds. \n \n\n \n Also: Gains in MTN and GOIL rallies the stock market upwards; returns 44.87% to investors \n \n\n \n This single payment access and revenue collection platform is estimated to boost revenue collection to GHS 3 billion annually, significantly the hassle of long queues and commute to pay for government services and help Ghana to derive the benefits of expense saving of GHS 250 million every year. \n \n\n \n First National Bank has just been onboarded to the Ghana.Gov platform as a recipient of payments on behalf of the government. \n \n\n \n \u201cHaving plugged into the platform, we are now able to offer our customers and the general public a wide range of options in terms of payments for goods and services from government ministries and agencies,\u201d he says. \n \n\n \n \u201cAll our branches are now receiving payment for administrative fees, levies, rates, taxes, and other revenues to the various ministries, departments, agencies and Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assembles (MMDAs) listed on the platform.\u201d \n "

"First National Bank CEO hails Ghana.Gov payment platform"

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