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November 2026
5 NovJoy Online
… A 2024 Mastercard study of affluent consumers across 23 markets found that experiences such as travel, entertainment, and dining are becoming increasingly important priorities, with 59% of affluent consumers preferring to spend on experiences rather than acquire additional materi …
How Absa is connecting affluent banking with lifestyle experiences
October 2026
5 OctThe Chronicle
… Mastercard That distinction matters. Bank of Ghana puts Ghana at 26 million active mobile-money accounts and 546,000 active agents. …
How frictionless payments are helping Ghana’s SMEs grow
August 2026
27 AugJoy Online
… Other firms to have signed the letter include banks such as Capital One, payment processors MasterCard and Visa, and other major tech firms including Adobe, Oracle and IBM. …
Time is running out for cyber security, warn top tech firms
13 AugJoy Online
… It has brought in Mastercard, whose participation suggests a payments and financial-inclusion component beyond what MTN’s own products cover, and GIZ, Germany’s development agency, which typically contributes technical assistance and funding aligned with donor-backed enterprise d …
MTN’s long game on small business, A JBA analysis
3 AugJoy Online
… The assessment benefited from data contributed by partners Fortinet, Mastercard, the Shadowserver Foundation, S2W and TrendAI.
INTERPOL report finds AI linked to more than half of cybercrime in Africa
July 2026
29 JulJoy Online
… This move reflects the evolving importance of mobile money as a core revenue driver, with growth potential highlighted by a potential Mastercard investment valuing the unit at $5.2 billion. …
MTN Ghana completes Mobile Money business spinoff to scale Fintech unit
June 2026
23 JunJoy Online
… Yellow Card has partnered with companies such as Visa, Mastercard, Western Union, Thunes, and MoneyGram. …
Yellow Card can now offer regulated virtual asset and related services from Switzerland
11 JunJoy Online
… Trusted by some of the world’s largest financial institutions and payments companies, including Mastercard, Visa, Thunes, MoneyGram, and PayPal, is a testament to the reliability, compliance standards, and global interoperability that Yellow Card has built at scale. …
Fortune names Yellow Card among top global crypto innovators
April 2026
27 AprBusiness & Financial Times
… The dominance of firms like Google, Visa, Mastercard, and Palantir Technologies is seen not merely as the outcome of scale and innovation, but as evidence of systemic entrapment. …
Remagine Ghana with H. Aku Kwapong, PhD: Escaping the colonial lens and mindset
25 AprJoy Online
… They are reshaping what employment looks like and how money is made and spent.” He added that the bank has partnered with Mastercard to enhance its offering. …
Access Bank Ghana launches ‘Access U’ to support youth and creatives

Business

Absa expands premium banking with lifestyle and travel experiences

The News

Premium banking in Ghana is extending beyond traditional financial services to include lifestyle experiences such as travel, entertainment, and dining. Banks globally are repositioning payment cards and premium programmes to offer concierge support and exclusive access privileges alongside banking services, reflecting a shift in affluent consumer preferences toward experiences over material possessions.

5 November 2026 · Joy Online →

Yesterday

Absa expands premium banking with lifestyle and travel experiences
Premium banking in Ghana is extending beyond traditional financial services to include lifestyle experiences such as travel, entertainment, and dining. Banks globally are repositioning payment cards and premium programmes to offer concierge support and exclusive access privileges alongside banking services, reflecting a shift in affluent consumer preferences toward experiences over material possessions.
5 November 2026 · Joy Online →

Monday 5 October

Digital payments adoption among Ghanaian businesses lags consumer use
Ghana's consumers made 954 million mobile-money transactions worth GH¢492.9 billion in June 2026, yet only 37% of Ghanaian businesses accept or use digital payments. The 2024 census found that where businesses do take digital payments with proper merchant accounts, they show stronger revenue growth, higher employment, and greater formalization.
5 October 2026 · The Chronicle →

Thursday 27 August

Tech firms urge AI-era cyber defence improvements immediately
A group of 100 firms including Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic have signed an open letter warning that cyber-attacks using AI will become more widespread and sophisticated within months, calling on governments and organisations to strengthen cyber defences before the technology becomes too powerful to stop.
27 August 2026 · Joy Online →

Thursday 13 August

MTN launches third SME Accelerate programme for small businesses
MTN Ghana has unveiled the third edition of its SME Accelerate programme, a year-long campaign offering training, digital-tool subsidies and market access initiatives designed to help small and medium-sized enterprises move into the formal economy. The programme represents MTN's deeper direct involvement as an operator building products and financing partnerships, not merely sponsoring the initiative.
13 August 2026 · Joy Online →

Monday 3 August

AI linked to over half of Africa's reported cybercrimes
INTERPOL's 2026 African Cyberthreat Assessment Report finds that AI enables 55 per cent of reported cybercrimes across Africa, with cybercrime-related losses more than doubling since 2024 to USD 484 million, driven by AI-facilitated scams and automated social engineering campaigns.
3 August 2026 · Joy Online →

Wednesday 29 July

MTN Ghana separates Mobile Money into standalone fintech unit
MTN Ghana has formally separated its Mobile Money operations from its core telecommunications business, creating Mobile Money Fintech Ltd. as a standalone unit effective March 31, 2026, to focus on digital financial services and comply with the Bank of Ghana's Payment Systems and Services Act. The restructuring allows the unit to raise capital, expand services, and attract external investors, while existing customer services and accounts remain unchanged.
29 July 2026 · Joy Online →

Tuesday 23 June

Yellow Card gains Swiss regulatory approval for stablecoin services
Yellow Card, a global stablecoin infrastructure and payments provider, has secured regulatory approval in Switzerland as a supervised financial intermediary, allowing institutional and corporate clients to access its stablecoin infrastructure across operating markets including the U.S., Africa, and Latin America.
23 June 2026 · Joy Online →

Thursday 11 June

Fortune names Yellow Card among top global crypto innovators
Yellow Card, a stablecoin-based infrastructure provider operating across over 50 markets, has been named to Fortune's inaugural Crypto Innovators list for advancing the global digital asset ecosystem through technology, infrastructure, security, and adoption.
11 June 2026 · Joy Online →

Monday 27 April

Ghana's development constrained by colonial narrative, not colonialism itself
An opinion piece argues that Ghana's main economic constraint is not colonialism's legacy but the intellectual comfort that blaming colonialism provides, and that the country is increasingly filtering economic and institutional questions through a colonial lens rather than addressing root causes.
27 April 2026 · Business & Financial Times →

Saturday 25 April

Access Bank Ghana launches Access U platform for youth
Access Bank Ghana has launched Access U, a youth-focused banking platform designed to provide financial services and support tailored to young people's lifestyles and ambitions. The bank positioned the initiative as a financial ecosystem offering guidance, opportunity, tools, and networking to support users at different life stages.
25 April 2026 · Joy Online →