Parliament has passed into law, the Anti-Money Laundering Bill, 2020 to address strategic deficiencies identified in the country’s anti -money laundering regulatory framework. Among other things, the law will grant supervisory mandate to the Financial Intelligence Centre to provide for an effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions regime for various money...
Digital innovation is transforming how businesses operate and how people work. Your bank will need to embrace digital capabilities in order to revolutionize its business. Achieving digital innovation will require your bank to create immersive digital customer experiences, change the way employees work and rethink your business models. Usually, when...
posts GH¢32.8m after tax Despite facing economic challenges in the year under review, Zeepay - a prominent player in cross-border payments operating as an innovative mobile money firm - grew its pre-tax profit to GH¢43.9million at the close of 2022, its annual report for the period has shown. Following a...
Republic Bank (Ghana) PLC has inaugurated its ultra-modern branch at Tema.  The new branch was inaugurated following the relocation of the Tema Branch to Nicholas Plaza, Meridian Enclave. According to the Managing Director Mr Farid Antar, the relocation was necessitated due to the growing branch customer base and the strategic...
The African Export-Import Bank, Afreximbank, is putting strategies in place within the next four years to remove all intra-African trade financial bottlenecks - basically to bridge the intra-African trade financing gap of about US$25 billion. Within this four-year period of strategising to deepen and enhance effective trade finance within the...
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has launched the Afreximbank Academy (AFRACAD) - a learning, knowledge and networking hub designed to help advance African trade through capacity building and leadership. AFRACAD was launched in Kampala, Uganda, on the sidelines of a three-day Afreximbank Trade Finance Seminar by Prof. Benedict Oramah, President and...
Handing over a leadership baton can be an incredibly daunting task for any leader – and the organizations they lead. Surprisingly, many African startups are unprepared for the possibility of a key team member's sudden departure and have no concrete plan in place for such an event. In fact,...
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...
Ghana's largest privately-owned bank, Fidelity Bank Ghana, has reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to championing sustainability, environmental stewardship and social responsibility. This commitment was showcased through the organisation of a groundbreaking sustainability conference held at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel, Accra, on Friday, September 29, 2023. The Fidelity Sustainability Conference, held...
Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited has been named the Most Safety and Security Conscious Company of the Year; Best Company in Data Security Management and Best Company in Fire Safety and Security Management at the 2022 Health, Environment, Safety & Security (HESS) Awards held recently  in Accra. The Managing Director of Fidelity...