GCB opens 148th branch

Ghana Commercial Bank Limited (GCB) has opened its 148th branch at Kisseiman in Accra.
The branch is to serve individuals and businessmen and women in and around Achimota, Kisseiman and Christian Village and also take the overflow from the Legon branch.
According to the Deputy Managing Director of Operations of GCB, Mr Samuel Sarpong, the new branch was in fulfilment of a banking strategy to serve customers and prospective ones with convenient and quality products and services.
He said as part of initiatives to meet the intense competition in the financial sector and improve upon its services, the staff of the bank had undergone special training to serve customers better.
Mr Sarpong announced GCB's intention to refurbish 30 of its old branches in 2009 to give the branches the facilities of a modern bank and to serve customers better, adding that an SMS banking service and many others would be launched early next year for convenient banking.
The Branch Manager, Mr Albert Twum, urged Ghanaians to come and enjoy the wide range of quality products and services the branch had to offer.
The branch offers products and services such as internet banking services, ATM, local and international money transfers, savings account and current account.