Dear Reader, I wish to reflect on some issues happening around us. Recent developments that keep on recurring in some institutions boils down to one fact – BAD RECORD KEEPING. This article was first written in 2017 but recent revelations have made me go back to amend and republish...
Winners never quit, and Quitters never win
Quickening the Pace of Digital Banking
Last week we examined some critical training needs that financial institutions can help bridge the gap to ensure their staff fit well into the digital banking era. In the advisory role that the few branch staff left...
Finance and Risk are two crucial issues in the world of business that cannot be over-emphasized. Finance is the heart and soul of any business; it plays an essential role from its establishment to its growth.
I’m tempted to define ‘finance’, though most of us have an idea of what...
Last week, I highlighted a series of concerns currently being expressed among some bank staff working in the digital banking era. Their concerns mostly harbour around the positive but intrusive 4th Industrial Revolution where most transactions are powered by artificial intelligence, and the power of collaboration with fin-techs is...
“Priorities Maxwell!!! There are increased fuel prices, higher cost of living, rising inflation, not to mention COVID, Monkeypox and other health issues and you choose to write about “noise”?? Well……yes. It’s been on my mind ever since moving to the countryside and there is plenty of literary material around...
Co-Authored by Dr. Maxwell Ampong & Rya G. Kuewor
GLOBAL TOPICS AT DAVOS 2022
The World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting, took place this past week from May 22nd to 26th, 2022. The Agenda for the meeting was to contemplate and discuss current global contexts and explore and fashion new (global) collaborations....
We hear it said a lot... Whenever our conversations turn to music, we hear it said a lot. “What’s your favourite genre of music?” Persons seeking to know each other better find themselves taking turns asking, ‘What’s your favourite genre of music?’ And that’s when we hear this said...
(recruitment and induction)
“It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed”
Dear readers, last week I refreshed the topic of preventing internal fraud in banks through effective induction programmes for new entrants. In addition, there is a need for existing staff to be refreshed regularly while coaching and...