Financial Payments See SWIFT Growth In Ghana

By PYMNTS | May 22, 2013

According to Ghana Business News, Ghana consumers making financial payments using the SWIFT platform recorded a 20 percent jump traffic in the last year. It was also reported that SWIFT securities traffic grew by 56 percent in the same period. SWIFT is the financial messaging provider with operations in Africa and in 212 countries worldwide. SWIFT said the message traffic in Africa showed a 11.5 percent growth.

“Africa is one of the most dynamic and fast growing regions in the world today and in many aspects is leading the world in regional development projects that will help to boost intra-Africa trade and drive economic growth even further,” Hugo Smit, head of Africa South, SWITF told Ghana Business News.