It was all going well until…. Yes, many individuals, businesses and other organisations could identify with those words in the past few months. For businesses especially, this year looked very promising because of the upcoming general election in December - which would have increased government’s spending across all sectors. But,...
Stanbic Bank Ghana joined its parent company, Standard Bank, to enhance Africa’s capability to export to China by sending clients from Ghana to participate in this year’s China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo (CAETE) in Changsha, China. The expo, which aims at fostering direct business cooperation at the sub-national level.,...
Employees of Ecobank Ghana, last Saturday, made donations of various kinds to selected institutions across five towns and villages. The programme, which took place simultaneously at all centres, saw employees of the bank make presentations under the bank’s maiden Employee Volunteerism Initiative. Donations for this maiden programme included the provision...
Advans Ghana Savings & Loans Ltd has embarked on a pioneering initiative to bolster its clients' resilience to climate change, demonstrating a commitment to combatting its adverse effects. This effort stems from the company's proactive stance to evaluate climate change impacts on its clientele and reinforce their ability to withstand...
As part of effort to promote digital and smart banking, Absa Bank Ghana in collaboration with its Brand Ambassador, M.anifest, has unveiled the “Simple & Easy” music video ahead of the Christmas festivities to demonstrate how customers can bank conveniently during the busy season. The Simple & Easy campaign is...
The one hundred and forty-one rural and community banks in the country have almost the same operational ideologies with similar concepts offering identical products, but with different board composition and management. The industry has made very significant financial impacts since its inception about forty years ago, and has brought financial...
In a bid to ease cross border payment and settlement system for members of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), UBA Ghana has officially introduced the UBA Connect service onto the Ghanaian market. The product is an inter-entity service that allows customers to have instant access to their funds...
UBA Foundation’s Read Africa Initiative has donated boxes of African Literature books to the Presbyterian Senior High School (Osu Presec) to commemorate this year’s International Book Giving Day at a short ceremony in Accra. #BookGivingDay is celebrated globally as an initiative to increase children’s access to books, and get books...
Aptivaa Consulting Ltd., a banking risk management and consulting firm, has organised an intensive workshop to train Bank of Ghana (BoG) employees in the International Financial Reporting Standard on accounting for financial instruments (IFRS9), Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP) and liquidity management. The move forms part of the financial...
… 1st in Ghana to be certified by global market leader in cyber & information security, Sysnet Customer confidence in Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Limited’s cards and other payments and collections channels received a further boost on Wednesday 28th February, 2018 when the bank received the Attestation of Compliance (AoC)...