Accra, Ghana//-United Bank for Africa (UBA) has announced plans to leverage its over $20 billion balance sheet to support businesses in Ghana and help sustain the country’s improving macroeconomic recovery.
Category: Finance
Global Banking Annual Review 2026: Precision With Speed
In 2025, the global banking industry outdid itself—again. Net income rose to $1.3 trillion, up 7 per cent from 2024’s record-setting tally. Once again, banking recorded the most net income of any industry.
Bank of Ghana Suspends Implementation of 0.75% Wallet to Bank Transfer Fee
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) today directed Mobile Money Fintech Limited (MMFL) to suspend the implementation of its proposed 0.75 per cent fee on direct wallet-to-bank transfers pending further consultations.
CSOs Call for Clearer Direction on Food System Financing as AfDB Annual Meeting Takes Off
Nairobi, Kenya// – As the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) convened governments, investors and development partners at its 2026 Annual Meetings in Brazzaville, over 30 civil society organisations under the Stop Financing Factory Farming coalition are calling for greater transparency, accountability and clearer safeguards in how agricultural finance is shaping the future of Africa’s food systems.
Ghana: The Edge Credit Union Marks 2nd Anniversary with Community Activities
Accra, Ghana//-The Edge Credit Union, a leading credit union located at Madina, a suburb of Accra, has marked its second (2nd ) anniversary with a series of community activities
Chairman of United Bank for Africa: ‘We Need to Fix Our Problems Ourselves’
In an interview with FRANCE 24 on the sidelines of the Africa-France summit in Nairobi, Tony Elumelu, chairman of Heirs Holdings and United Bank for Africa, said “we [in Africa] need to fix our problems ourselves” as Western aid cuts bite, calling on the continent’s private sector to step up and invest in electricity and […]
UBA Champions Diaspora Healthcare Investment at ANPA America Symposium
Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening diaspora engagement, advancing healthcare development in Nigeria through the introduction of its healthcare investment proposition to the Nigerian-American medical community at the 2026 ANPA Carolinas Symposium held in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Bank of Ghana Maintains Key Policy Rate at 14.0%
Accra, Ghana//-The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) today kept the policy rate at 14.0 per cent after the completion of its 130th meeting.
Euro and West African CFA Franc Facilities Signed to Boost Local Currency Financing in West Africa
Kigali, Rwanda// — To help boost local currency financing, private sector growth, and job creation across the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), the West African Development Bank (BOAD) (www.BOAD.org) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group announced the signing of two reciprocal financing facilities for an aggregate […]
Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Appoints New CEO
Accra, Ghana//-Standard Chartered Bank Ghana PLC (SCB Ghana) has appointed Xorse Augustine Godzi as its new Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director, effective June 11, 2026.