Combating Fraud – The Role Of Forensic Auditing In Financial Institutions, A Case Study Of Barclays Bank Ghana Limited, Tamale Main Branch, In The Northern Region Of Ghana

ABSTRACT

The study explores how forensic auditing tools have been employed to prevent and minimize financial fraud by Barclays Bank Tamale Main Branch in Tamale Metropolis in Northern Region of Ghana. The study adopted cross-sectional survey research design and was mainly descriptive in nature with both primary and secondary data collected for the study. The study used open ended questionnaires to gather data from 180 respondents. The findings revealed that 53.6 percent of the respondents strongly agreed that documents of value and liquid assets are exposed to ‘undisciplined’ staff or unauthorized person(s) like customer(s) in the Bank with attendant security risks. Additionally, the study established that 43.4 percent of the respondents strongly agreed that staff of the branch has some form of frustration in relation to the adequacy of measures aimed at combating fraud


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APA

TAWIAH, S (2021). Combating Fraud – The Role Of Forensic Auditing In Financial Institutions, A Case Study Of Barclays Bank Ghana Limited, Tamale Main Branch, In The Northern Region Of Ghana. Afribary. Retrieved from https://track.afribary.com/works/combating-fraud-the-role-of-forensic-auditing-in-financial-institutions-a-case-study-of-barclays-bank-ghana-limited-tamale-main-branch-in-the-northern-region-of-ghana

MLA 8th

TAWIAH, SAMUEL "Combating Fraud – The Role Of Forensic Auditing In Financial Institutions, A Case Study Of Barclays Bank Ghana Limited, Tamale Main Branch, In The Northern Region Of Ghana" Afribary. Afribary, 16 Apr. 2021, https://track.afribary.com/works/combating-fraud-the-role-of-forensic-auditing-in-financial-institutions-a-case-study-of-barclays-bank-ghana-limited-tamale-main-branch-in-the-northern-region-of-ghana. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

MLA7

TAWIAH, SAMUEL . "Combating Fraud – The Role Of Forensic Auditing In Financial Institutions, A Case Study Of Barclays Bank Ghana Limited, Tamale Main Branch, In The Northern Region Of Ghana". Afribary, Afribary, 16 Apr. 2021. Web. 24 Nov. 2024. < https://track.afribary.com/works/combating-fraud-the-role-of-forensic-auditing-in-financial-institutions-a-case-study-of-barclays-bank-ghana-limited-tamale-main-branch-in-the-northern-region-of-ghana >.

Chicago

TAWIAH, SAMUEL . "Combating Fraud – The Role Of Forensic Auditing In Financial Institutions, A Case Study Of Barclays Bank Ghana Limited, Tamale Main Branch, In The Northern Region Of Ghana" Afribary (2021). Accessed November 24, 2024. https://track.afribary.com/works/combating-fraud-the-role-of-forensic-auditing-in-financial-institutions-a-case-study-of-barclays-bank-ghana-limited-tamale-main-branch-in-the-northern-region-of-ghana