Daily Archives - November 13, 2020

Zeepay partners Transfast to extend local, international remittance reach November 9, 2020

Zeepay, a fast-growing financial technology (fintech) company  into Mobile Financial Services across Africa, has announced its partnership with Transfast, a Mastercard company and a leading cross-border payments service provider. This partnership will enable consumers around the world to send money directly to more than 20 million mobile money wallets in Ghana with speed, security, and certainty. Transfast processes remittances through its...

The pandemic provides opportunities to deepen financial inclusion

With banks witnessing significant changes in customer engagement patterns with a shift from traditional transaction channels toward digital platforms, spurred on largely by the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited, Julian Kingsley Opuni, believes that now is an ideal time to bring the conversation on financial inclusion to the fore. The pandemic, according to...

GCB gets new Managing Director

The Board of GCB Bank Limited has appointed Mr John Kofi Adomakoh as the new Managing Director (MD) of the bank with effect from today, November 9, 2020. Mr Adomakoh, a banker, replaces Mr Anselm Ray Sowah, who ended his tenure of office as the MD of GCB Bank in September this year after being in that position for more...

Digitisation, fintech collaboration key for resilient banking sector

Banking consultant and corporate governance expert Dr. Richmond Atuahene has said that for banks to remain resilient and safely sail through the coronavirus pandemic storm, it will be necessary for them to improve on their digitisation drive and form strong partnerships with financial technology companies (fintechs). Speaking ahead of the Ghana Economic Forum (GEF), where he is expected to share...