Tag: Unibank
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Customers of uniCredit angry over locked up cash
Customers of Unicredit Savings and Loans are livid over their inability to withdraw their matured investments from the company. Scores of customers on Tuesday [September 11, 2018] besieged the premises of the Kantamanto branch of the company to demand their money after several failed attempts to retrieve their investments. Some reports have suggested that the…
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Receiver sues uniBank shareholders for GHC5.7 billion
The Receiver for uniBank, Nii Amanor Dodoo has sued the 17 shareholders of the now-defunct bank over the repayment of a GHC 5.7 billion debt. The GHC 5.7 billion debt, according to the receiver, was left by the shareholders. The plaintiff, Nii Amanor Dodoo, contends that the defendants “have breached their duties as directors of uniBank…
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Dr. Duffuor sues BoG over revocation of Unibank’s license
A major shareholder of defunct uniBank, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor has sued the Bank of Ghana over the revocation of the license of uniBank. To this end, he has filed a suit at the Accra High Court seeking an injunction on the Bank of Ghana’s processes of consolidating five local banks. Dr. Duffuor is seeking that the…
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No trading in adb shares for three days
From today, July 17, 2018, investment brokers and other parties interested in the trading of shares of ADB, cannot engage in the service. It follows the suspension of trading activities of ADB by the managers of the Ghana Stock Exchange for three days. The Managing Director of the Ghana Stock Exchange, Kofi Yamoah disclosed this…
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ADB’s trading on stock market to stagger as Belstar et al exit
Trading in shares of ADB Bank on the Ghana Stock Exchange is expected to slow down from today [July 17, 2018]. It follows the Bank of Ghana’s annulment of the shares held in ADB by four investors. The central bank has described as questionable, the processes of acquiring shares by the affected shareholders which it…
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BoG annuls acquisition of adb shares by Belstar & 3 others
The Bank of Ghana(BoG) has annulled the acquisition of shares in ADB Bank limited held by four investors. The investors are Belstar Capital, Starmount Development Company Limited, SIC Financial Services and EDC Investments Limited. A statement from the Bank of Ghana on the matter said that the order is pursuant to section 55 of the…
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Top management staff still at post at Unibank
All top executives but the CEO of Unibank, are still at post at the bank despite the presence of new managers from auditing firm, KPMG. Dr. Kwabena Duffour Junior has been made to step aside as the new managers say his continuous existence creates a duplication of roles with the Head of the new management team.…
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KPMG denies dismissals at Unibank
Managers of Unibank, KPMG, have dismissed media reports that they have terminated the appointment of some contract workers of the bank following an assessment of the bank’s operations. About five hundred workers of the bank are reported to have their employment contracts terminated as their roles were no longer needed. The report suggested that the…
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uniBank takeover : BoG rules out new negotiation with bank
The Bank of Ghana has ruled out any plans to negotiate with the old management of uniBank, to hand over the bank, before KPMG completes its six months’ mandate. The BOG, believes the old management of uniBank was given enough opportunities to turn the fortunes of the bank around but failed. The Bank of Ghana…
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BoG enforces separation of powers with new directive
“No one individual shall have unfettered powers of decision in any regulated financial institution.” As a result, no one person shall assume two top positions in any regulated financial institution. These are but a few of the strong words contained in the Bank of Ghana’s new banking business – corporate governance directive. The document comes…