Definition of Credit Bureau Agencies
Credit bureau agencies are specialised organisations that gather, maintain, and share credit information about individuals and businesses. They play a vital role in the financial ecosystem by giving lenders insights into a borrower’s credit history, outstanding debts, payment behaviour, and overall creditworthiness. These agencies thus...
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...
The rural banking concept was introduced in 1976 with the launch of Nyakrom Rural Bank in the Central Region.
The rural banking model’s policy intent was to fill the financial inclusion gap in rural communities which were seen to have been left behind by the privilege enjoyed by urban dwellers...
GCB Bank PLC at the weekend reestablished itself as Ghana’s number-one financial institution, when it was adjudged top in financial services at the Ghana Club 100 awards.
GCB Bank PLC was named the tenth-best performing company/bank at the 19TH Ghana Club 100 Awards ceremony in Accra on Friday. The event...
Credit unions worldwide will celebrate International Credit Union (ICU) Day on Thursday 20th October 2022, to mark the immense role being played by financial Cooperatives in improving the livelihoods of their members. The Day is recognised to reflect upon the Credit Union movement's history, promote its achievements, acknowledge the...
... records satisfactory growth
The Nwabiagya Rural Bank Limited at Barekese in the Atwima Nwabiagya district of the Ashanti Region has recorded a satisfactory operational growth of 13 percent in the 2021 year under review.
The Board Chairman, Andrews Kwarteng Amanning at the bank’s 34th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held...
Fidelity Bank Ghana has opened a plush new branch within the commercial business district of Kaneshie in Accra. This move forms part of the Bank’s strategic agenda to proffer its wide-ranging suite of customized banking services and products to customers within Kaneshie, Abossey Okai and its environs.
The spacious, state...
Access Bank Ghana is empowering more SMEs through its capacity building workshops on digitalization. Over 100 SMEs got the opportunity to participate in the fourth edition of the Bank’s capacity building workshop on digitalization at Koforidua, organized in partnership with Open Labs, an Information Technology Firm.
The workshop on the...
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, will, on Wednesday, December 22, launch the e-pharmacy digital platform in Accra.
The digitization of pharmacies, which will have the nation's pharmacies converged on one digital platform, is aimed at addressing the difficulties of roaming around looking for medicines in pharmacies.
It is also expected...
The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has obtained a line of credit worth forty billion francs CFA from the Bank of Africa Group (BOA Group) for the financing of private sector projects aimed at boosting commerce and industries in the fifteen ECOWAS member-states.
Signing the loan agreement marks...