The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 44-year-old suspect, Michael Joseph, for attempted fraud and recovered 31 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards of different banks in his possession. Spokesperson of the command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, December 5, 2022, said …
Read More »ATM withdrawals not included in E-Levy – Finance Ministry
The Finance Ministry has stated that ATM withdrawals will not attract the 1.5% charge on electronic transfers. Also, same person transactions will not attract the E-Levy. The E-Levy is a tax imposed on electronic transfers charged at the time of transfer. The levy shall be administered by the GRA and …
Read More »Man arrested with 656 ATM cards gets GH¢200,000 bail
A man charged with two counts of electronic trafficking and stealing, has been granted bail in the sum of GH¢200,000 with two sureties by the High Court in Accra. Bachir Musa Aminou has been in custody since September last year after he was arrested at the Kotoka International Airport in …
Read More »2 arrested, BMW SUV seized after robbers flee with ATM
Police have confiscated a BMW SUV and arrested two suspects after they allegedly used the car to steal an ATM. The pair and three others held staff at gunpoint at a filling station near Secunda on Friday. Police spokesperson Colonel Donald Mdhluli said the heavily armed men arrived at the …
Read More »Stanbic to shutdown ATM service Saturday
Stanbic Bank will be shutting down its ATMs across the country on Saturday August 14, a message to customers has said. The ATMs will be unavailable from 12 midnight on Saturday August 14 to 8:00 am on Sunday August 15 to allow for a scheduled systems upgrade, the bank said. …
Read More »Bank of Ghana issues new orders on captured ATM cards
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) says financial institutions must, within 24 hours of receiving a complaint from a customer regarding the capture of a payment card by an Automated Teller Machine (ATM), take steps to identify the cardholder and further work expeditiously to return the card to the customer. The central …
Read More »IT Technician in court over theft of pastor’s ATM card
An Information Technology (IT) technician accused of stealing an ATM card of a pastor he worked for and using it to withdraw money has been put before the La Magistrate Court. The accused, Ranford Anthony Arthur, is standing trial for using the ATM card which he allegedly stole with its …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Rats Break Into ATM Machine During The Lockdown And Eats Up Money Worth $44,000
Some ATM technicians who arrived to fix a malfunctioning cash machine in the Indian state of Assam during the lockdown got a shock when they opened it up. Notes worth more than 1.2m rupees ($44,000) had been shredded – and the suspected culprits are rats as reported by BBC. According to a report …
Read More »Ultramodern ATMs introduced in Ghana
At the just-concluded ATM roadshow held in Accra with the theme ‘’Innovation with the NextGen ATMs’’, Inlaks introduced into the Ghanaian financial sector, new ultramodern and high-tech ATMs with enhanced features manufactured by the Korean-based Original Equipment Manufacturer, Hyosung Inc, to give customers and banks seamless experience, improved customer experience …
Read More »Video: Man causes stir by using broomstick to remove swallowed ATM card
A funny video of a man attempting to remove his ATM card that has been withdrawn by an ATM machine has surfaced online. In the rib-cracking sighted on Instagram, the man was using a broomstick to try to remove the card. It appears that the man did not know the …
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