Valentina Minta speaking at the launch
West Blue Consulting, in partnership with Ecobank Ghana, has introduced the Ghana National Single Window (GNSW) Ecobank CashXPress Card to speed up the payment of duties and charges by exporters and importers at the ports.
The reloaded prepaid card offers a new, convenient and secure way to make trade payments on the Ghana National Single Window platform.
The Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper, who launched the card in Accra said, “Today’s launching of the GNSW Ecobank CashXPress Card compliments government’s effort in simplifying and reducing the transaction cost of doing business in Ghana.”
The card, according to him, would allow traders to pay customs duty payments online 24/7, and pay other import and export related payments on Ghana’s Trading Hub for instance Import Declaration Form (IDF).
Mr Terkper added that the card would also be used to make everyday payments which are not related to trade, stating “holders of the card can use it to buy groceries and other products online.”
The Commissioner-General of the GRA, George Blankson, added that with the introduction of the card “we are taking trade facilitation and ease of doing business to a new level.”
Touching on e-payment solution status update, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of West Blue Consulting, Valentina Mintah, explained that the channels of collection of the card include: multicard Point of Sales (POS) terminals; mobile money collection services; e-commerce platforms; in-branch and agent collections and interbank collection services.
The GNSW CashXPress card is available at all Ecobank Ghana branches, and West Blue Office and its ezones located at the Kotoka International Airport and Tema Harbour.
The card is also available on the e-payment platform of the Ghana’s Trading Hub.
By Cephas Larbi
cephrok@yahoo.com