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- 30 Oct 2019
Temenos Successfully Delivers Core Banking Platform for Ghana’s Second Largest Bank
The Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited (CBG) has gone live with Temenos T24 Transact, the next generation in core banking, to power its operations for retail and corporate banking. Temenos’…
- 31 Aug 2009
Access Bank Inaugurates Ghana Subsidiary
In line with its global expansion initiative, Access Bank Plc has opened a subsidiary in Ghana after an approval by the Bank of Ghana (BOG) and the bank’s fulfillment of all regulatory…
- 19 Dec 2016
Zenith Bank, Mastercard Partnership Set to Strengthen Ghana’s Banking System
Mastercard and Zenith Bank have extended their partnership in West Africa to now include Ghana. The agreement is geared towards issuing a suite of digital payment solutions that include prepaid,…
- 6 Aug 2014
Ghana's Fidelity Bank Seals 5 Year Deal with IBM
At the U.S. Africa Business Forum in Washington, D.C on Tuesday, Ghana’s Fidelity Bank announced its choice of IBM to manage its technology infrastructure and services. The five year deal will help…
- 5 Sept 2025
Bank of Ghana Suspends Remittance Licenses of Flutterwave, Cellulant, Tap Tap Send, Others
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has suspended the remittance partnerships of several fintech companies including Flutterwave, Tap Tap Send, and others for a period of one month starting September 18, 2025.…
- 10 Mar 2016
IFC, Fidelity Bank to Expand Digital Financial Services
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, signed an advisory agreement with Fidelity Bank Ghana to expand agent and mobile banking in Ghana. It aims to make financial services more easily available to…
- 19 Jul 2026
Access Holdings Sells 7.44% Stake in Ghana Unit
Access Holdings Plc has completed the sale of a 7.44% stake in its Ghanaian subsidiary, a move believe is tied to a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) rule capping how much local banks can hold in foreign…
- 14 Feb 2012
GTBank Ghana Rolls out MasterCard Products, Services
Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Limited has rolled out a range of MasterCard products and services including card issuance and ATM activation in all branches nationwide. The bank has acquired the licence…
- 21 Jun 2010
GTBank Ghana Outdo Competitors in 2009 - Survey
GTBank Ghana has been said to outperform its competitors and bigger players in the industry after posting impressive results, the 2010 Ghana Banking Survey said. The survey by…
- 29 Jul 2015
Airtel Nigeria Named Telecoms Company of the Year
For its laudable contributions to the growth of the telecoms industry in Nigeria, leading telecoms operator, Airtel Nigeria, has been named ‘Africa’s Telecommunications Company of the Year.’ The…
- 22 Jan 2024
Seasons of Honours: UBA Wins Several International Awards
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Africa’s Global Bank, has continued to elevate its global standing, coveting several prestigious international awards, signaling the Bank’s continuous contributions…
- 28 Aug 2015
Key Stakeholders to Gather at Global Ethical Finance Forum 2015
Key stakeholders from the various areas of the ethical finance industry will gather at the much-awaited Global Ethical Finance Forum (GEFF) in early September. The forum will host representatives…
- 12 Mar 2025
Flutterwave Gets Ghana Approval to Offer Inward Remittances
Flutterwave, an African payments technology company, said yesterday it has received approval from Ghana's Central Bank to provide inward remittance services. This development, according to the…
- 30 Mar 2021
Accelerex Offers Ghanaian Customers more Digital Payment Options
Accelerex Ghana has hit a new milestone, after being granted an enhanced Payment Service Provider (PSP) licence from the Bank of Ghana (BoG), under the Payment Systems and Services Act, 2019 (Act…
- 25 Feb 2019
Standard Chartered Unveils more Digitally-led Retail Banks in Africa
Standard Chartered announced it had completed a simultaneous multi-market launch of its digitally-led retail banks in Tanzania and Ghana, with Kenya’s roll out scheduled to occur shortly. This…
- 10 Nov 2013
First Bank to Take Over ICB West Africa
FBN Holdings has said that one of its subsidiaries, First Bank of Nigeria Limited is proposing 100 per cent equity interest in the West African banking assets of International Commercial Bank (ICB)…
- 9 May 2021
UBA’s REDTV Launches New Series, Public Figure in Ghana
United Bank for Africa's Lifestyle and Entertainment channel continues to blaze the trail in online entertainment as it pushes the best of Africa to the world. REDTV, producers of awarding winning…
- 19 Jun 2025
Ghana’s Economy Shows Signs of Revival, Fueled by a Surging Cedi
By Austin Kwesi Okere On June 4, 2025, Bloomberg.com drew global attention with the headline: “World-Beating Cedi Slows Ghana Inflation to Three-Year Low.” Defying expectations, the cedi has…
- 1 Aug 2024
Flutterwave Gains Ground in Ghana with Enhanced Payment Service Provider License
Flutterwave, a leading payments technology company, has recently been granted a Payment Service Provider license (Enhanced Category) by the Bank of Ghana. The milestone marks a significant expansion…
- 23 Apr 2012
Clydestone to Connect Banks to Alternative Payment Brands
Clydestone, Ghana’s premier electronic payment firm with office in Nigeria is enabling banks, merchants and customers to plug into alternative payment channels such as Paypal and Amazon Pay. This is…
- 1 Feb 2018
UBA Syndicated Loan Stimulates Appetite in Nigeria
United Bank for Africa (UBA) has raised a US$160mn syndicated trade finance facility, which experts say is a sign that appetite is returning for the financially beleaguered country. GTR is the…
- 11 Mar 2014
Essien Become Ecobank Transnational new Group CEO
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) has announced the departure of Mr. Thierry Tanoh, group CEO with effect from March 12 and the appointment of Mr. Albert Essien as his replacement. Effective…
- 30 Sept 2024
Prudential Insurance Group Acquires 100% Stake in Prudential Zenith Life
Prudential Insurance Group plc, Global Insurance giant, has acquired 100 percent stake in Prudential Zenith Life Insurance Ltd (PZL). The group had since 2017 acquired 51 percent shares of the…
- 30 Jan 2026
Fitch Downgrades Afreximbank to ‘BB+’/Stable Amid Concerns Over Ghana’s Debt
Fitch Ratings has downgraded African Export-Import Bank’s (Afreximbank) Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘BB+’ from ‘BBB-’. Fitch also downgraded Afreximbank’s Short-Term IDR to ‘B’, from…
- 15 Aug 2017
Keystone Bank Appoints Obeahon Ohiwerei New MD/CEO
Mr. Obeahon Ohiwerei has been appointed the new managing director and chief executive officer of Keystone Bank Ltd, Nigeria. He takes over from Mr. Hafiz Bakare, the acting managing director/CEO. In…
- 14 Oct 2019
Nigeria, Other African Countries Identified among IFC Sustainable Banking Networks
Nigeria and four other countries in Africa are among thirty-eight emerging market economies that have initiated key banking reforms to drive development and fight climate change, according to the…
- 7 May 2020
Access Bank: Between fact and fiction
By Jackson Ugbechie One noble attribute of the average African is that he or she seeks opportunity to do good. The African man is his brother’s keeper. This finds strong expression in an Igbo adage:…
- 31 Oct 2017
TD Mobile, Nokia Partner to Boost Mobile Penetration in Ghana
TD Mobile, Sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest mobile devices distributor, has officially launched its operations in Ghana with its appointment as exclusive distributors of Nokia mobile phones in the…
- 15 Jun 2019
AfDB Selects Nigeria, Others for ‘Boost Africa’ E-Lab Pilot
African Development Bank has identified Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Ghana, and South Africa for pilot in the Entrepreneurship Lab (E-Lab) project. The E-Lab, a component of the Bank’s ‘Boost…
- 21 Jun 2010
Rubikon Makes Impact in Global Market
The announcement was made following the most recent sign-ups for the banking platform by Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ); and Infrastructure Development Bank, Nepal. The new…