With the holidays just around the corner, it’s important for consumers to exercise caution and self-discipline when managing their money over this period. Lack of financial discipline around the festive season can easily lead to financial woes especially in these trying times. Hannah Annobil-Acquah, Head of Retail Banking at First...
… as move prevented economic recession The central bank, through its COVID-19 interventions in the financial sector, injected more than GH¢4billion into the economy - which contributed to prevention of an economic recession the Governor, Dr. Ernest Addison, has said. With the country faced with a serious threat of economic...
Amenfiman Rural Bank Limited at Wassa Akropong in the Wassa Amenfi  East district of the Western North Region has posted yet another very impressive operational performance in the 2019 year under review. The board's strategy to diversify the bank’s income sources and grow its non-funded income streams indeed yielded good...
As part of its commitment to support Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana, Consolidated Bank Ghana (CBG) is set to engage SMEs with its maiden programme ‘CBG SME Adesua Series’. ‘Adesua’ means learning in the Twi dialect. The virtual event is aimed at empowering SMEs through insightful activities that will...
The role of agri-financing in the expansion of agriculture has been underscored by financial giant Ecobank Ghana. At the 10th edition of the annual Pre-Harvest Conference and Exhibitions held in Tamale, the bank joined forces with event-organiser Agri-house Foundation as a sponsor and facilitator. The event was held under the theme...
The Association of Rural Banks-Ghana, which is made up of the over-one hundred and forty rural banks in Ghana, has launched a new corporate cloth. The launch of new corporate Friday-wear was part of activities marking the 21st Biennial General Meeting held recently at Miklin Hotel in Kumasi. The new cloth,...
A record 152 golfers from across the country participated in the 2020 edition of the CalBank Open Golf Championships, which concluded on Saturday, November 28, 2020 at the Achimota Golf Course. The event, which was originally scheduled for October 10 had to be pushed after heavy downpour rendered the...
President of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIB), Ghana Patricia Sappor, has said that a proper adherence to the Banking Code of Ethics and Business Conduct will go a long way to consolidate the gains realized after the financial sector cleanup and the subsequent confidence the public has reposed...
FBNBank Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, has officially opened its Osu Oxford Street branch - bringing the total branch number nationwide to 20. The new branch is expected to offer the quality universal banking services for which the bank has become noted to individuals, businesses...
2020 will be remembered for many terms which elicit images of post-apocalyptic doom and gloom – COVID, pandemic, lockdown, facemasks and quarantine, with the only seemingly positives being ‘Zoom’ and ‘Microsoft Teams’. ‘Digitisation’, ‘automation’, ‘remote-work’ have been around for the better part of the 21st century but these terms gained...