Strengthening cooperation between financial and telecom regulators on DFS issues: A case study on Ghana

Digital financial services (DFS) have become a game changer recently — a catalyst for financial inclusion and a tool for poverty alleviation.

This AfPI case study, based in part on interviews and questionnaires, examines cooperation mechanisms between the Bank of Ghana (BOG), the financial system regulator, and the National Communication Authority (NCA), the telecommunications regulator. It explores the performance of these mechanisms so far and offers some recommendations to strengthen cooperation. Download this case study and find out:
  • the usage of digital financial services in Ghana
  • why it'm important for telco and financial regulators to improve cooperation
  • and how the Bank of Ghana and the National Communication Authority could boost digital financial services to the unbanked
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