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Do banks have the right to publish names of defaulters/debtors ?

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  • Antiochus - London 10 years ago

    Customers have the right to sue their banks if they go contrary to the confidential act except that information is requested by a competent court of law. I believe most Ghanaians are aware of this.

  • Jato 10 years ago

    If u owe them pay up and quick

  • Law Lecturer - UK 10 years ago

    u were quick to discover; but hey, if u ve been engaged in writing before, u ll pardon the writer. reading the entire article the gentleman writes quite impeccably. in any case it is the substance of the material that matters ...
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  • DAN 10 years ago

    certain states require a forclosure to be posted in newspaper for 4-6 weeks then property is sold on courthouse steps..is that not public notice of debt!

  • LIZ 10 years ago

    Not exactly, foreclosure notices in the US only list the names of the take-over banks and don't enclosed the original owners information. Do you know it is illegal in the United States for a creditor to list the names of deb ...
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  • Awotwi-Black 10 years ago

    After reading the following: "I have always taught that Ghana..", I stopped reading the entire article.

    If a law student does not know the difference between TAUGHT (past tense of teach) and THOUGHT (past tense of think), ...
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  • Law Lecturer - UK 10 years ago

    u were quick to discover. the mind works differently when one writes and when one reads a finished work. i will rather give credit to the apparently impeccable writer and blame the editors of the web. substance must triumph o ...
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