For 25 years, FBNBank has been gently and calculatedly embedding itself into the socio-economic structure of Ghana delivering good value to its stakeholders. On 6th November 1996, the antecedent of FBNBank, officially opened to the public with the commissioning of its first branch situated opposite the Ghana Law School in...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued guidelines to regularise the operations of credit rating agencies (CRA) in the country, allowing for an independent evaluation of the creditworthiness of debt securities on the Ghana Fixed Income Market. Per the new guidelines issued last week, SEC requires that any foreign...
Leading financial services provider, Standard Chartered Bank has shone the spotlight on the necessity of digital and sustainable financing to lift participation and financial inclusion, particularly for women and youth-owned businesses; describing them as the bedrock on which the future of commerce is anchored. This was amplified at the inaugural...
…launches 8th edition with call for entries United Bank for Africa Ghana Ltd, Africa’s Global Bank, has been named as the Best CSR Bank at the just ended Middle East and Africa Retail Banking Innovation Awards 2021. The announcement was made in a release and published on their website, saying...
GCB Bank Ltd. has donated an amount of GH¢100,000 to the COVID-19 National Trust Fund to help support sensitisation work and reduction in the spread of COVID-19. The bank’s donation forms part of its corporate social responsibility of supporting and partnering state institutions to achieve the national development agenda. The Deputy...
Aristotle is famous, among other things, for saying that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. This holds true most of the time, albeit to different degrees. However, ever so often, a person comes along who personifies this saying perfectly, that they are held up as...
Stanbic Bank Ghana has, for the second consecutive year, been named the best Bond House and the best Investment Bank in Ghana by the EMEA Finance Magazine. The bank was also recognized as the Best Foreign Investment Bank. This was revealed in a press statement on October 28 that...
Ecobank Ghana, a subsidiary of the leading Pan-African bank, Ecobank, has been named the Best Bank in Ghana at the prestigious Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2021. The judges lauded Ecobank Ghana’s reputation as ‘the most forward-looking of the big Ghanaian banks’ and based their decision on the bank’s demonstrable...
Vice President Dr. Mahamudou Bawumia has issued a clarion call to stakeholders of the digital economy to increase their collaborative efforts, saying it is non-negotiable if Ghana is to achieve its goal of being the focal point of digitalisation in the region. According to him, while a strong regulatory regime...
Banks in the country have called for more consultations ahead of the Bank of Ghana’s (BoG) decision to implement the e-cedi currency. The electronic currency, among other reasons, is aimed at enhancing low transaction costs, improving security of payments, as well as ensuring higher monetary transaction limits. Even though the...