Three lucky winners in the Republic Bank ‘Tap for Easter and Beyond’ Credit Card Promotion were presented with their prizes at a brief ceremony held at the bank’s head office, Ebankese, in Accra. The first prize, a two-day staycation for two at the Aqua Safari Resort, was won by Pharmacy...
For its first physical edition, the Africa Financial Industry Summit in partnership with Mazars has rewarded outstanding figures representing the continent's financial vitality and resilience. Nominees included companies, executives and central bank governors from across the entire continent. The awards ceremony took place during the Africa Financial Industry Summit 2022...
…inaugurates Asawase new office complex Directors of Odotobri Rural Bank Limited at Jacobu in the Amansie Central district of Ashanti Region has reiterated the bank’s commitment to ensuring the best and most convenient banking for customers at all times. According to the Board Chairperson of the Bank, Mrs. Georgina Addai, banking...
In 2013, the Bank of Ghana under Governor Wampah - in an attempt to address the intractable high lending rates problem - announced a formula to be used by banks as a guide for loan asset pricing. On Tuesday, July 2, 2013, all commercial banks started implementing this new formula...
Atwima Rural Bank PLC has shown appreciation to Opanin Kojo Twumasi, an astute civil servant who, through his instrumentation, led to the establishment of the bank as the first rural bank in the Ashanti Region. Described as a pioneer of rural banking in Ashanti Region, Opanin Twumasi played a very...
Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison, says the Development Bank Ghana will help address market failures in the Ghanaian credit markets, thereby helping businesses invest long-term and promote economic growth and job creation. Currently, there are shortcomings in the financial landscape which have a direct bearing on...
This article on wealth creation as the 4th Horizon for Ghana’s Growth is intended to seed a review of the options Ghana has to create an economic transformation and interrogate some ideas for the recovery, development and transformation of Ghana’s economy. A transformation that moves finance, people and jobs...
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) and the Cyber Security Authority (CSA) met on Tuesday, 21st June 2022 at the BoG Head Office in Accra, to discuss collaborative ways to improve cybersecurity in the banking sector, and to discuss various ways of collaborating to implement the Cybersecurity Act, 2020 (Act...
For the majority of Ghana’s banking public, today’s Ecobank is virtually unrecognisable from the bank that opened its doors to them 30 years ago in 1990. The Ghanaian subsidiary of the Pan African banking giant Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) is undoubtedly the finest and one of the largest universal...
As the rapid growth of fintech continues and the birth of decentralised finance (DeFi) grows across Africa, leading fintechs, investors, crypto platforms, ventures and digital finance stakeholders will connect at the Africa Money & DeFi Summit-West Africa edition on September 27-28, 2022 at the Movenpick Hotel, Accra. The leading business Summit will...