A few days ago, I saw an advert in one of our national dailies in which a financial institution occupied two full pages with pictures of many houses it was selling. Banks are not real estate companies, so why the caption ‘Properties for sale?’ The pictures convey a meaning....
Dear Readers, do you look forward to another week at work? If yes, great, but if no, why not? You must be either tired from too much work overload at home, Church, and social events? Or worse still, the job is “getting into you”. Is the job stressing you...
The Inspector General of Police, David Asante-Apeatu, has set his stall out with the sort of bold claim that could beget the question of 'what has this man who served his first command post in Tumu in the Upper West region, served as a Director with Interpol Headquarters and...
Mobile money is a fast, simple, convenient, secure and affordable way of transferring money, making payments and initiating other transactions using a mobile phone and other mobile devices. It is seen as an opportunity to cross-sell financial products, playing an important role in extending financial services to the unbanked...
Dear Readers, for the past two weeks I have looked at the reason why branches still matter in this digital age of banking. Since we live in a global village and not on an island, it is imperative that our banking services continue to be need-based. Although we cannot...
A Colombian novelist, García Márquez, in one of his writings said: “All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret’.’ Whatever this means, it is the private element that caught my eye in a suite of a bank. Levels matter oooh! Don’t you love it when you have...
Commercial activity in any part of the world has the potential to cause harm to those involved in the production and delivery process. Workers and customers, and even passersby near oil and gas sales points, are equally exposed to harm and injury.
Therefore, ensuring the health and safety of the...
On October 26, 2017, the University of Ghana, Legon will hold its annual Alumni Lecture on 'Corruption Culture and National Development - An Interrogation of Africa's Experience'. Dr. Paul Acquah, former Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), is the esteemed speaker.
Dr. Acquah is eminently qualified to pronounce on...
I spent the last week of August and first week of October 2017 in Johannesburg and Pretoria working on a cultural event organized by a group of Ghanaians and South African nationals in partnership with the Ghanaian High Commission in Pretoria. It was a platform to showcase the rich...