Financing Agriculture is essential and cannot be overemphasised. This aspect of the value chain needs continuous evaluation to ensure banks and other stakeholders in charge of financing are working together to support value chain actors with the needed financial services. In Ghana, the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) is the leading...
Republic Bank (Ghana) PLC, has introduced an adoptive leave policy as part of its Employee Leave Policy.  Adoptive Leave is granted to employees of an organization who for circumstances beyond their control choose to adopt a child. Mr. Tetteh Mamah, the Head of Human Resources of Republic Bank Ghana, said...
GCB Bank Ltd has relocated its Salaga branch into a new business facility in the Salaga Market as part of its business transformation and offerings. Prior to the opening  of the new branch, the former facility hosted the branch for 40 years. In a well-attended ceremony, the Head of Consumer Banking...
Pioneer payroll lender, Bayport Savings and Loans Limited, recently hosted a networking session to deepen business relations with its investment partners and to solicit feedback that will enable it to enhance its positioning and competitiveness in the investment landscape. Bayport Conversations & Cocktails was an informal event to familiarise Bayport’s...
The African Development Bank has approved a line of credit of €70million and an equity investment of US$24million to be granted the West African Development Bank. The line of credit will support businesses in the West African Economic and Monetary Union - particularly in job-creating sectors such as agribusiness, renewable...
urges exclusion of remittances Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Ghana and Board Member-Bank of Ghana (BoG), Prof. Eric Osei Assibey, has indicated that though the proposed Electronic Transactions Levy (E-levy) in the 2022 national budget has the tendency to derail government’s digitalisation and financial inclusion agenda,...
The key highlight of Absa Bank’s soil-turning event was three mounds of soil. These mounds had been placed concertedly in the middle of the vast compound that is to house Absa Bank’s new Head office in Ghana. They had been carefully curated for Mrs. Elsie Addo Awadzi, Second Deputy...
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is poised to ensuring that the financial sector is clean from money laundering and financial terrorism in the country. And to ensure the effectiveness of this, Rural and Community Banks (RCBs) as well as Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) have been advised to comply with existing laws...
..despite impressive growth of  sector  Head of Research at DataBank, Alex Boahen, has described the country’s financial stocks as grossly undervalued, noting that, there exists enormous potential for capital appreciation on the equities side of the market. The undervaluation, he noted, is even more pronounced in the financial sector, particularly among...
“People are not your most important asset. The right people are” ----------Jim Collins, Author of Good to Great The global banking enterprise had already been experiencing changes when the COVID-19 pandemic struck in early 2020. Consumer desires were evolving rapidly, as people increasingly came to expect more from their online...