Standard Charted Bank Ghana Limited Opens Ultra- Modern Branch At KNUST

Standard charted bank Ghana limited has opened a new ultra-modern smart branch at the kwame Nkrumah University of science and technology (KNUST) jubilee mall around commercial and refurbished branch at Harper Road in the Kumasi metropolis.

The Harper road branch, the oldest branch in Kumasi (116 years) has been retrofitted into a digital infrastructure while aligning with the focus on rapidly expanding cities across its global footprint.

The ultra modern branches are a combination of both traditional and digital banking services, offering a full suite of banking products including wealth, investment management and insurance solutions.

The branches also offer self service digital platforms, offering convenience to clients who are increasingly tech-savvy.

The convenience, with which business is transacted, is in line with the bank’s agenda to deliver world class banking services to the general public.

Chief Executive (CEO) of Standard chartered Bank Ghana Limited, Mansa Nettey, in an interview with OTEC News' Nana Asare Barimah said standard chartered is committed to harnessing technology to deliver more convenient services to their clients. "The aim is for our clients to be able to make fast, safe and secure payments through mobile devices and online’’ the CEO stated.

She added that as the first commercial banking institution in Ghana, standard chartered bank started working at the KNUST campus since 1957.

The bank's Head of Retail Banking in charge of Ghana and West Africa, Henry Baye, noted that ‘’the opening of this branch is another step in bringing world class banking and digital service to our clients.

This is a SMART branch which combines traditional banking with digital services to cater for all our clients’’.

Standard charted bank has implemented standardized digital platforms to meet client needs at the right scale. The bank continues to invest in the improvement of client experience through an enhanced end-to-end digital products and best –in-class digital products and services. This brings cutting- edge digital channels to 1 million clients in Africa.

Present at the ceremonies were Otumfour Osei Tutu ll Asantehene representatives Professor Nana Mensah Bonsu, Asakyi hene, clients of the Bank, representatives from the Bank of Ghana, the Vice Chancellor of KNUST, the Board and Senior Members of Staff of the Bank.