The Amantin and Kasei Community Bank Limited, headquartered at Amantin in the Bono East Region, has supported the national fight against spread of coronavirus in the country by donating assorted items to deprived health facilities in its catchment area. The items donated by the bank are ten Veronica buckets, ten...
COMPANY HISTORY SIC Life Insurance LTD originally existed as the Life Division of the reputable multi-line insurer, SIC Insurance Company. In conformity with the provision of the Insurance Act 2006, Act 724, the Company was established as a fully licensed Life Insurance Company in 2007. On 10th March, 2022,...
Government statistician, Professor Samuel Kobina Annim has stated that 94 percent of the expected households have been enumerated so far after seven days’ extension in the on-going Population and Housing Census. The remaining 6 percent that have not yet been enumerated, according to him, is as a result of unwillingness...
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is scheduled to present the 2020 Mid-Year budget on 23rd July, 2020 in accordance with Article 179 of the 1992 Constitution and the Public Financial Management Act 921. The 2020 budget is themed ‘Consolidating the Gains for Growth, Jobs and Prosperity for all’, with the...
Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited, has held its 2019 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on the backdrop of being awarded Africa’s Best Bank for Transformation at the prestigious Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2020 that recognized the top financial institutions in banking and capital markets globally. At the AGM to present the...
Sixty youth have been trained as insurance sales agents by the National Insurance Commission (NIC) in Takoradi. The training is to enable them have in depth knowledge about what insurance is, understand it well so they will be able to explain policies that are available to companies and individuals who...
FinTechs KoinKoin and SR FINANZMANN, have closed a $2 million private funding round in major boost to their corporate over-the-counter (OTC) business for foreign exchange and digital assets. The funding will support the growth and expansion of the technical FX across both businesses, especially in Africa, facilitate technical upgrades and...
Banks in the country are ready to finance projects and programmes in the private and public sectors with potential to revive the economy irrespective of COVID-19 prevalence, panellists at the fifth edition of the B&FT-organised Ghana’s Most Respected CEOs Breakfast Series, have said. The panel, made up of bankers, economists...
Banks are still waiting on the Central bank to offer specific guidelines on the measures introduced - including reduction in interest rates and reserve requirements to combat impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic, since being without timelines and durations makes planning difficult. Despite their introduction in March, 2020 - with banks...
According to the definition of Internal Auditing in the IIA's International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF), internal auditing is an independent, objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve an organisation's operations. Internal auditor helps an organisation accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve...