ARB Apex Bank

ARB Apex Bank
Native name	ARB Apex Bank Limited
Company type	State owned company
Industry	Financial services
Founded	2001; 23 years ago
Headquarters	No. 5, 9th Road, Gamel Abdul Nasser Avenue, Accra, Ghana
Key people	James Kwame Otieku (Chairman)
Website	www.arbapexbank.com

ARB Apex Bank is a Ghanaian wholesale bank that provides funding and coordination to the Rural & Community Banks (RCBs) in Ghana. In effect it acts as a mini central bank to the Rural banks in Ghana.^[1] The acronym ARB stands for the Association of Rural Banks.^[2]

In Ghana, rural banks are financed mainly via the

Rural

Financial Services Project (RFSP), that is a project of the government to solve the operational problems of the rural financial sector.

Every Rural and Community

Ghana cedi to buy shares of the ARB – Apex bank Ltd, to enable the bank become accountable to the rural and community banks. So every rural and community bank in Ghana owns two thousand Ghana cedi worth of shares in Apex Bank. The remaining shares of the bank are also owned by the government

of Ghana.

History

In 1969, the All India Rural Credit Review Committee recommended that Apex co-operative banks directly finance co-operative societies.^[citation needed]

January 2000 - bank was registered as a public limited liability company
June 2001 - received a banking license
August 2001 - admitted to the Bankers Clearing House as the 19th member.
March 2021 - admitted into the Ghana-Sweden Chamber of Commerce.^[3]

It started its banking business on 2 July 2002.^[4] In 2018, it claimed to be the first bank in Ghana to issue bank cards to EMV standards which allow payments on the Gh-link platform.^[5]

Operations

The apex financial institution lends cash to rural banks who, in turn, provide small credit to small businesses and also support the development of rural projects.^[6]

Besides the head office, there are ten branch offices throughout the country, including locations in

Takoradi, Wa, Tamale, and Accra

.

References

^ "About us". ARB Apex Bank Limited. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ "ARB APEX BANK LIMITED". Devex. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
^ "ARB Apex Bank admitted to Ghana-Sweden Chamber of Commerce". Graphic Online. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ "ARB Apex Bank". Business Ghana. Business Ghana. Retrieved 17 May 2018. The ARB Apex Bank commenced banking business on 2nd July, 2002.
^ Krampah, Seth (22 January 2018). "ARB Apex Bank first to roll out GH-Link EMV standard technology". Business & Financial Times Online. Business & Financial Times Limited. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ Adeaga, Favour (2 June 2020). "ARB Apex Bank Ghana branches and their contact details". Yen.com.gh - Ghana news. Retrieved 19 July 2023.

[1] "About us". ARB Apex Bank Limited. Retrieved 17 May 2018.

[2] "ARB APEX BANK LIMITED". Devex. Retrieved 16 March 2017.

[3] "ARB Apex Bank admitted to Ghana-Sweden Chamber of Commerce". Graphic Online. Retrieved 19 March 2021.

[4] "ARB Apex Bank". Business Ghana. Business Ghana. Retrieved 17 May 2018. The ARB Apex Bank commenced banking business on 2nd July, 2002.

[5] Krampah, Seth (22 January 2018). "ARB Apex Bank first to roll out GH-Link EMV standard technology". Business & Financial Times Online. Business & Financial Times Limited. Retrieved 17 May 2018.

[:0-6] Adeaga, Favour (2 June 2020). "ARB Apex Bank Ghana branches and their contact details". Yen.com.gh - Ghana news. Retrieved 19 July 2023.

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