First credit card introduced in Ghana

As some Ghanaian banks enter into mergers and acquisitions in order to stay in business, writes Emily Nyarko, others have resorted to the introduction of high-tech products in order to stay on top of competition that has partly resulted in the influx of more Nigerian banks.

13 Aug 2007

Ecobank Ghana, however, is the first to introduce the Visa credit card in the country to offer clients and non-clients the chance to conduct flexible business transactions.

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