The formation and inauguration of the Association of Rural and Community Banks (RCBs) Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) has been widely lauded, and the platform urged to be used to contribute to building a more formidable rural banking industry. The Executive Director of the Association of Rural Banks, Ghana (ARB), Mrs. Comfort Owusu, while recognising the existence of existing associations within...
The United Bank for Africa (UBA), Africa’s global bank, has extended its operations to the United Arab Emirates with the official launch of its new branch at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). The UBA Group, having been in operation for over seven decades, is currently present in 20 African countries, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and France. United Bank...
Communications and Digitalisation Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has called for the development of robust cybersecurity infrastructure, warning that lack of it will brutally derail the country’s digitalisation efforts. “We cannot sustain our digitalisation efforts without cybersecurity. Cyber-attacks could undermine our gains in digitalisation as well as our social and economic well-being and consequently, impact on our national security,” she said. Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful,...
Mr. Benjamin Dzoboku has officially assumed post as the Managing Director(MD) of Republic Bank (Ghana) PLC on Friday, 15th July, 2022. This follows the Bank of Ghana’s approval of his appointment to succeed Mr. Farid Antar, who officially retired from the service of the Bank effective Thursday, 14th July, 2022. Prior to his new appointment, Mr. Dzoboku was the Chief...
The ARB Apex Bank PLC is seeking to raise GH₵25million additional shares in five years to bolster its capital base, and among others, implement some policy initiatives while being able to lend to rural and community banks (RCBs). The move, which forms part of a newly approved strategic plan of the bank, according to the Managing Director, is to strengthen...
Access Bank (Ghana) Plc. has announced the appointment of its first female board chair, Ama Sarpong Bawuah. She succeeds Mr. Frank Beecham who served from January 2014 to May 2022. Ama is an accomplished, resourceful businesswoman with over 25 years wealth of executive experience in public affairs and communications positions with several multinational corporations. She served as Regional Lead for Public...
The Ministry of Finance has accepted the business plan for the first domestic credit rating agency to be established with key market regulators as shareholders. The institutions have already accepted the proposal and working to get the agency established. The entities are the National Insurance Commission, the National Pensions Regulatory Authority and the Ghana Stock Exchange (the majority shareholder). The move which...
Government has announced efforts to develop a credit system in the country, with credit scoring by the Credit Reference Agencies for the first time by end of the year, with linking of the Ghana Card to bank accounts. Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia said key anchors such as the Ghana Card which provide a unique identity and essential information about...
The Managing Director of Republic Bank Ghana, Mr. Farid Antar, officially retired from active service on Thursday, July 14, 2022 following 43 years of dedicated service to the Republic Bank Group (now Republic Financial Holdings Limited of Trinidad & Tobago), the parent company of Republic Bank Ghana. With a career spanning over four successful decades of hard work and fortitude,...
Mobile Money transactions dipped by 18.58% to ¢71.4 billion in May 2022, the month of implementation of the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy). However, in the month of June 2022, the transactions via Mobile Money went up to ¢77.4 billion, an 8.4% growth. According to data from the Bank of Ghana, Mobile Money transactions grew consecutively until April 2022 when it dipped...
