There are more than enough opportunities in the economy to invest the over GH¢5billion fresh capital expected from the increment in stated capital of banks, Patrick Fiscian-Managing Director of Heritage Bank, has said. Some industry players have warned that if care is not taken some banks, after raising the fresh...
First National Bank has appointed Hannah Annobil-Acquah as Head of Retail Banking. Hannah brings on board a wealth of experience in retail banking, having worked in various functions in the sector for over a decade. Until her appointment, Mrs. Annobil-Acquah was Head, Personal Markets at Stanbic Bank Ghana Limited, where she...
....Commits to 100% climate screening for all Bank financed projects The African Development Bank achieved a 100% investment in renewable energy in 2017, a major landmark in its commitment to clean energy and efficiency. Power generation projects with a cumulative 1,400 megawatts exclusively from renewables were approved during the year, with...
First National Bank has appointed Hannah Annobil-Acquah as Head of Retail Banking. Hannah brings on board a wealth of experience in retail banking, having worked in various functions in the sector for over a decade. Until her appointment, Mrs. Annobil-Acquah was Head, Personal Markets at Stanbic Bank Ghana Limited, where she...
A Trainer-of-Trainers (“TOT”) workshop for the roll-out of a nationwide financial inclusion drive has been concluded. This lays the foundation for the deployment of about 50,000 University/Polytechnic graduates under the "Youth in Revenue Mobilisation" ("YRM") programme and deliver an appreciable spike in the coverage of financial services. The workshop, which was...
President of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIB), Mrs. Patricia Sappor has urged banking professionals in Ghana to begin discussions on Crypto Currency. According to her Crypto Currency is the next big thing happening, noting that as at November 2017, Crypto Currencies (digital Currencies eg. Bitcoin) have reached a record...
The ASA Savings and Loans Limited in Kumasi has donated a number of items at the cost of over GHS5,000 for the upkeep of children at Kumasi Children’s Home. The items which included three file cabinets for administrative use, marker boards for teaching, toiletries, washing bowls, bags of rice among...
The B&FT can authoritatively report that, the Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Johnson P. Asiama, has resigned from his position barely two years after being appointed to the position. Information available to the B&FT indicates that, the now former governor of the central bank tendered in...
Ghana’s leading mortgage provider, GHL Bank (formerly Ghana Home Loans) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Regimanuel Gray Limited to collaborate in the delivery of homes and serviced plots to alleviate the acute housing situation in the country. The signing ceremony took place at the offices of Regimanuel Gray...
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called for deeper collaboration between the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) and Asanteman to strengthen development of agriculture in the Ashanti Region. According to the Asantehene, access to credit by farmers in the region is currently a major hindrance to the interest of many of...