Gbenga Odeyemi, MD of FBNBank Ghana
FBNBank Ghana Limited has announced that it has received an inflow of $72.5 million from its parent bank, FBNBank of Nigeria, to shore up its capital in order to meet the new minimum capital requirement of the Bank of Ghana (BoG).
Gbenga Odeyemi, Managing Director of FBNBank Ghana Limited, disclosed this to customers of the bank at the grand draw of the bank’s Save & Win Promotion on Thursday in Accra.
“We are liaising with the Bank of Ghana and other government agencies in order to obtain the necessary approval,” the MD stated, adding that his outfit always put customers first in all its endeavours to meet their financial needs.
“FBNBank Ghana Limited is committed to delivering the gold standard of value and excellence to our customers.”
He thanked the bank’s loyal customers, who kept faith with it and participated in the just-ended promotion.
The bank organised draws in July, August and October 2018 to pick 30 mini draw winners in the promotion.
Ekow Inkoom, an official of the National Lotteries Authority (NLA), who supervised the grand draw, expressed appreciation to customers of FBNBank Ghana and other banks which reposed confidence in the NLA and worked hand-in-hand with it.
The grand winner of the promotion was Sosthenes Gordon Dekpo of the Tema Branch of the bank, who went home with a “65” smart television set.
The First Runner-up Mary Yankey also of the Tema Branch took home a 55” smart television and Comfort Amoah of the Ring Road Central Branch won a 43” smart TV, while Nyarkoaa Ida Yaa/Josephine Gbewonyo of the Dansoman Branch won an iPad, among others.
By Samuel Boadi