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Ghana's Central Bank Halts MTN's 0.75% Mobile Money-to-Bank Fee
The Bank of Ghana has suspended MTN's planned 0.75% wallet-to-bank transfer fee before it took effect, an early test for the telco's newly separated fintech unit.
Kwame Osei
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