“We need banking but we don`t need banks anymore. Do you think someday we can open bank account or ask for loan without physically having to come to the bank?”
------Bill Gates
The novel corona virus (COVID-19) has seen banks accelerate their digital transformation plans, condensing them from 5yrs strategic plans...
Prudential Bank has attained the internationally recognized PCI DSS certification (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) thus providing a safe and secure environment for its customers to undertake their card transactions.
The PCI DSS is a comprehensive set of security standards developed by the PCI Security Standard Council to protect...
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), has been ranked as Africa’s #1 mandated lead arranger in sub-Saharan Africa, according to Bloomberg’s 2020 full-year “Capital Markets League Tables.”
This assessment of the Bank’s transactions recognizes the institution’s leadership role in mobilizing capital from both within and outside of the continent from a diverse...
In continuation of its commitment to support communities keep safe and healthy as the fight against COVID-19 lingers on, Access Bank has donated over 1,600 branded and surgical nose masks to the Traders Advocacy Group Ghana (TAGG).
The donation to TAGG is part of its efforts in sensitising members to...
Enterprise Life, Nigeria - a subsidiary of Enterprise Group PLC - has now opened its doors to the Nigerian public for business. It will be recalled that the company was granted its operating licence by the Nigerian National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) in November 2020, after meeting all necessary requirements...
ARB Apex Bank has been admitted to the Ghana-Sweden Chamber of Commerce at a colourful ceremony in Accra.
Pearl Delali Dorledzi, President of the Ghana-Sweden Chamber of Commerce (GSCC) who led a delegation to present the certificate of membership revealed that “ARB Apex Bank has been admitted to the Platinum...
Ghana is the first Sub-Saharan African country to issue a foreign currency-denominated zero-coupon bullet tranche to its bond financing mix, enabling it to create fiscal space to build its financial resilience. Ghana’s debut 4-year zero-coupon bond was two times oversubscribed, despite being the first of its kind to be...
Employees of the Risk Function Unit at Absa Bank Ghana have donated essential items and personal protective equipment (PPE) to the Ghana Prisons Service’s Senior Correctional Centre, formerly known as the Borstal Institute for Juveniles, to support the Centre’s measures taken in the fight against COVID-19.
The items donated were...
GCB Bank recorded significant growth in all key performance indicators during the first quarter of 2021, compared to the same period in 2020. Strong growth in customer deposits, revenue and increased focus on optimization of operating expenses were the key drivers of the performance.
Profit for the period (before tax)...
Shareholders of GCB Bank are to enjoy a 25 per cent increase in dividend payment over the 2019 dividend payment.
Following a sterling performance in the 2020 financial year, the Board of the Bank has recommended a dividend payment of GHc0.25 per share, representing a 25 percent increase on 2019.
According...
