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Smuggling gangs often use hawala - a payment method that avoids formal banking and instead relies on a network of agents to deliver cash across borders.

In September, Trump endorsed World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency firm promoted by his sons Eric and Donald Jr., who have encouraged cryptocurrency as an alternative to what they describe as an anti-conservative banking system.

In a report last week from banking giant UBS, analysts wrote that “the federal land initiative could be challenged by a lack of existing infrastructure in these generally rural areas.”

But the younger Bawumia had forged a career in economics and banking - serving as the deputy governor of Ghana's central bank.

Trade in services, such as banking, has done better than expected, however.