ARB Apex Bank Limited has secured a US$8 million grant from the World Bank to roll out Agency banking project. The Managing Director of ARP Apex Bank Limited, Mr Kojo Mattah, who announced this here in a speech read for him at the 34th annual general meeting of Dangme Rural Bank (DRB) on Saturday said the bank had engaged the...
Ghanaians remain confident in banks despite the finance sector crisis over the last two years. The story is however different for Savings and Loan companies and Microfinance companies, which are largely considered unsafe. According to a recent AfroBarometer survey, 58 percent of Ghanaians feel banks are a very safe place to keep their savings. A further 25 percent felt banks were somewhat...
The Bank of Ghana has announced plans to introduce an electronic currency, E-Cedi, in the near future to enhance digital financial services in the country. According to a report by the Bank of Ghana, digital transactions such as mobile money keeps increasing in the country, while the value of cheques issued by commercial banks keeps declining. The total value of mobile...
the total value of transactions through the interoperability platform was GH¢ 95.4 billion in September 2019 compared with GH¢32.6 billion in September 2018, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has said. Speaking at a press conference on Monday, the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison said the completion of the mobile money interoperability project has supported the financial...
Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Ernest Addison, has revealed that banks that are currently operating in the country are conforming to best practices following the clean-up exercise undertaken recently. He noted that the banking is now profitable liquid and solvent owing the recapitalization exercise which resulted in the collapse of some nine local banks. Speaking at the monetary...
he Bank of Ghana has indicated its resolve to scrutinize compensation package policies of universal banks to ensure that remuneration for key management personnel including Chief Executive Officers are linked to the performance of the banks and quality of its assets. The Governor of the Central Bank, Dr Ernest Addison, addressing journalists at the 91st monetary policy press briefing, added...
Cost of borrowing may not go down at least before the year ends as the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana has maintained the policy rate at 16 percent. This was announced after the final meeting of the committee for 2019. The policy rate is the rate at which commercial banks borrow from the central bank The policy rate...
The President of the Institute of Directors Ghana, Rockson Dogbega, says blatant disregard for the principles of good corporate governance structures is largely the reasons why most indigenous companies don’t survive beyond their founders. According to him, family relations and sometimes acquaintances often fail to follow laid down procedures, leading to the collapse of companies. Even though the phenomenon of...
The Human Right division of the Accra High Court has set December 18 to determine whether it has the jurisdiction to sit over the case brought to it by Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom against the central bank and receiver of the savings and loans companies. Dr Nduom is praying the Court to revert the decision by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to...
The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, says it has not yet set a date to end the filing of validation for claims by customers of the defunct fund management companies since it wants to cater for as many investors as possible. The Commission says the move is necessary to assure customers and rebuild confidence in the investment market. Validation processes...
