In what can be likened to the proverbial underdog story, Ecobank Ghana has over the past three decades evolved from what was the smallest bank at the time, into a first-class financial institution home and abroad.
From a small office at Ridge in Accra, today Ecobank sits atop the pile...
Access Bank held its prestigious Group wide annual Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Awards at the weekend to celebrate the achievement and commitment of its staff.
Held virtually across its African subsidiaries, the awards celebrated employees who demonstrated a commitment to the pursuit of excellence and level of performance that exceeds...
Suggestions that traditional commercial banking is on a steady decline, with its demise imminent, are wide of the mark and predicated on a misunderstanding of the evolution of banking, as evidence abounds to the contrary, Managing Director of FBN Bank, Victor Yaw Asante has said.
The sentiment appears to be...
Zeepay, Africa's leading challenger fintech, has announced the completion of its Series A.0 fund raise in a round led by Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P). The leading Ghanaian fintech announced that it has completed a fundraise of US$7.9million in its Series A.0 - which was a hybrid of both equity...
Prudential Bank Limited (PBL) has donated 10 ultramodern computers with accessories to the Judicial Service of Ghana at a ceremony held in Accra. The donation forms part of the Bank’s contribution and support to the modernization drive embarked upon by the Judicial Service.
Presenting the items, Mr. John K. Addo,...
Standard Chartered has announced the signing of a €280 million Social Loan financing for the Ministry of Finance, Ghana (MoF Ghana) to develop a section of vital highway, the Eastern Corridor, that will transform the country’s transport infrastructure.
The financing is backed by Euler Hermes, the German Export Credit Agency,...
…now operates in Burkina-Faso, a strategic point of entry into the WAEMU market
Vista Bank Group (Vista) has closed the deal to acquire BNP Paribas’ majority interest in La Banque Internationale pour le Commerce l’Industrie et l’Agriculture du Burkina (BICIAB) in Burkina Faso.
The acquisition adds to Vista’s existing banks in...
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, ETI, the parent company of the Ecobank Group, was hosted recently by the London Stock Exchange for a market opening virtual ceremony to celebrate the successful listing of its Tier 2 Sustainability Notes on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) main market.
This represents the first-ever Tier 2...
Standard Chartered Bank Ghana (StanChart) has rewarded one outstanding client of the bank with a brand-new sleek, Citreon C5 Aircross SUV, as the ultimate winner of its SC Mobile Season of Surprises Campaign.
The SC Mobile Season of Surprise Campaign, which was launched in December 2020, with the aim of...
The President of the World Bank, Mr. David Malpass, and his senior management team comprising Dr. Axel van Trotsenburg and Dr. Makhtar Diop met with the African Union’s COVID-19 Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT) to discuss modalities for a partnership that will accelerate vaccine deployment to Africa.
In a historic...