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Nii Ardey Tagoe

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• Research Article
  Who Regulates the Mobile Money Operations by Telco ’s? The Need for an Effective and Robust Legislative and Regulatory Framework in Ghana
  Author(s): Nii Ardey TagoeNii Ardey Tagoe
  
  Ghana has evolved with the rest of the world in technological advancement. Mobile phones have so many peripheral merits besides phone calls and text messaging. Mobile Network Operators (MNO) has ventured into rendering financial services other than the usual mandate of providing telecommunication services. Mobile Money Operations (MMO) by the Telco’s in Ghana has become a tool to mobilize and encourage savings for the mostly unbanked populace of Ghana, and again as vehicle towards the ultimate aim of moving the economy into a cashless economy. However, there are unseemly implications if these activities of the Telco’s are not strongly regulated by the appropriate regulatory bodies. Telecommunication activities in Ghana are normally regulated by the National Communications Authority (NCA), apparently the financial services activities of Telco’s are beyond the purview .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-0234.1000208

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