GhIPSS Launches Bank-Wide GhanaPay Mobile Money Service

Ghana Interbank Fee and Settlement Programs (GhIPSS) has launched the launch of the bank-wide GhanaPay cell pockets to encourage the rise of the nation’s cashless and financially-inclusive ecosystem.

The cell cash service is to be launched as an open utility and might be provided universally throughout all of the nation’s incumbent and rural banks, together with varied financial savings and mortgage firms.

In a significant step ahead for Ghana’s charge of monetary inclusion, which at occasions has solely included 30 per cent of the nation’s whole inhabitants, the service might be accessible to anybody with a cell phone or yam telephone, no matter whether or not they have a conventional checking account or not.

The service, which is anticipated to function like an current finance app, will supply its customers a variety of monetary companies, together with the choice to ship cash and pay payments. It may also be used to money in and money out, purchase airtime, and information, and likewise pay for items and companies via a GhQR service provider.

Talking on the launch of the service on Wednesday 15 June, Financial institution of Ghana governor Dr. Ernest Addison identifies how its introduction would work to enhance Ghana’s journey towards a cashless and extra inclusive monetary economic system.

“Ghana’s progress in migrating to digital funds has been laudable,” he stated in his speech. “In lower than a decade, GhIPSS Instantaneous Pay transactions valued at GH¢420,000 in 2016 surged exponentially to GH¢31.4billion in 2021. In tandem, each the worth of cell cash transactions and registered cell cash brokers additionally elevated 13 and four-folds, respectively in 2021.”

Addison additionally emphasises how, in mild of the pandemic, the nation’s use of money seems to be progressively diminishing, stating: “One other key growth was that Ghana’s money utilization measured by foreign money in circulation as a ratio of gross home product (GDP) declined from 6.8 per cent in 2016 to 4.7 per cent in 2021. As well as, Ghana’s cheque utilization per capita, which was 25.67 in 2016, declined to 18.9 in 2021.”

“The sector’s push for digital funds, particularly through the essential lockdown occasions, enabled companies and the general public to make and obtain funds utilizing a digital pockets.”