Banking transactions will soon adopt only the National Identification card as the primary source of documentation.
This comes after discussions between the banks, represented by the Ghana Association of Bankers, the National Identification Authority and the Bank of Ghana.
The discussion is said to have reached an advanced stage and a roadmap on when to use the National ID card will be crafted shortly.
According to the Chief Executive of the Ghana Association of Bank, John Awuah, the banks will soon communicate to customers about the usage of only the National ID card as the primary source of documentation for banking transactions.
“Discussions are presently ongoing and I’m sure in a short while, customers will get information from banks on how to use the national ID as a primary source to identifying of banking transactions.”
“With the recent debate ongoing with the national ID and others, we want a system where for a period we can be using a parallel system; we’ll be using what we have now and national ID at the same time”, he said.
“But when that period is quiet over, then the law says only the National ID becomes the primary document or card for inputting information of customers in banking transactions”, Mr. Awuah added.
