{"id":380271,"date":"2011-04-14T01:54:06","date_gmt":"2011-04-14T01:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/14\/financial-expo-expected-to-bridge-information-gap\/"},"modified":"2011-04-14T01:54:06","modified_gmt":"2011-04-14T01:54:06","slug":"financial-expo-expected-to-bridge-information-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/14\/financial-expo-expected-to-bridge-information-gap\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Expo Expected to Bridge Information Gap"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"37.643820634342\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.monitor.co.ug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/a142097fmonitor180.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"The Monitor (Kampala)\" title=\"Visit The Monitor (Kampala)\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>Ephraim Kasozi<\/p>\n<p>14 April 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Despite concerted efforts, there is still difficulty in understanding procedures as well as information irregularity between financial intermediaries and customers, service providers have said.<\/p>\n<p>According to available data, customers are often penalised for minor violations, although they have limited redress mechanisms to rectify deficiencies in services by banks or claims in insurance.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>Ms Jalia Ssebugwawo, the business manager of Royalway Media said empowering customers with financial information would be relevant in bridging the gap between consumers and providers.<\/p>\n<p>While announcing the third Banking, Financial and Insurance Expo2011, Ms Ssebugwawo said this year&#8217;s focus is using technology to enhance competitive capacity to deliver customised services by financial institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Uganda&#8217;s financial markets offer a variety of simple and complex financial products. From simple personal account opening to mortgages and invoice discounting, which is difficult for the common man to grasp.<\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201104140069.html\" title=\"Financial Expo Expected to Bridge Information Gap\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Financial Expo Expected to Bridge Information Gap<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Ephraim Kasozi 14 April 2011 Despite concerted efforts, there is still difficulty in understanding procedures as well as information irregularity between financial intermediaries and customers, service providers have said. According to available data, customers are often penalised for minor violations, although they have limited redress mechanisms to rectify deficiencies in services by banks or claims in insurance. Ms Jalia Ssebugwawo, the business manager of Royalway Media said empowering customers with financial information would be relevant in bridging the gap between consumers and providers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-380271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Financial Expo Expected to Bridge Information Gap - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/14\/financial-expo-expected-to-bridge-information-gap\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Financial Expo Expected to Bridge Information Gap - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Ephraim Kasozi 14 April 2011 Despite concerted efforts, there is still difficulty in understanding procedures as well as information irregularity between financial intermediaries and customers, service providers have said. 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