Female staff of rural and community banks across the country have been equipped with managerial and leadership capacity development skills. The primary objective of the training programme is to support women in the industry to take up managerial and leadership roles and also for leaders of institutions to involve women...
United Bank of Africa (UBA) Foundation, the corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm of the financial institution, has officially launched the seventh edition of its annual National Essay Competition (NEC) 2020. The Foundation is therefore calling for entries from students of all second cycle educational institutions (SHS/TVET) in the country -...
The United Bank for Africa (Ghana) has launched the seventh edition of the UBA National Essay Competition aimed at funding Senior High School (SHS) students in any University of choice in Africa. The UBA Foundation National Essay Competition (NEC) which was launched in 2014 in Ghana has provided a competitive...
Plans to borrow up to US$5bn from bond market Pins economy’s future on GH¢100bn GhanaCares By Obed Attah YEBOAH Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has asked Parliament to approve GH¢27.4billion to fund government’s budgetary needs for the first three months of next year, further asking the House to approve plans...
…as Alhassan Andani retires on Nov 30th The Stanbic Bank Ghana board of directors, with approval from the central bank, has selected Kwamina Asomaning, currently the Executive Director of Corporate and Investment Banking, as their new Chief Executive. Kwamina Asomaning, a key member of Andani’s team for the past 10 years,...
Ecobank Ghana and the Devtraco Group have signed a mortgage financing agreement under which Ecobank will provide exclusive financing arrangements to would-be homeowners desirous of patronising luxury and middle-income homes from Devtraco Plus & Devtraco Limited. The agreement, which was signed at the ultra-modern head office of Ecobank in Accra,...
Motivation is unobservable directly. As noted by Kwon (2016), “motivation resides within an individual and it enables them to act in a particular manner to achieve specific goals and objectives”. For instance, acquiring money is owing to extrinsic motivation but the main reason behind the acquisition of the money...
Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited has announced a 100% waiver on account to wallet transaction fees for its customers from October 26-30, 2020. This comes on the back of Customer Service Week, which is commemorated globally from October 5-9, and the bank’s bid to dedicate the whole month of October...
In its quest to provide holistic financial services to cherished customers, Atwima Kwanwoma Rural Bank at Pakyi No2 in the Ashanti Region has in collaboration with StarLife Assurance Company Limited introduced 4 Bancassurance products to its wide range of both generic and tailor-made products. The products are Child Education Plan,...
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has launched its Mobile Service Week in Takoradi on the theme ‘Securing your retirement – your role as a Stakeholder’. The SSNIT Mobile Service is an annual event wherein SSNIT officers move from their regular office settings to pitch camp at vantage...