Consolidated Bank Ghana (CBG) is a commercial bank in

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. It is licensed by the

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, the

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and national banking regulator.

Location

The headquarters and main branch of the bank are located on the First Floor, Manet Tower 3, Airport City, Accra. This location is immediately west of

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. The geographical coordinates of the headquarters of CBG are:05°35'59.0"N, 0°10'38.0"W (Latitude:5.599722; Longitude:-0.177222). CBG-Head-Office

Overview

Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited (CBG) is a large financial services organization, serving large corporations, high net-worth individuals,

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s, regular customers and

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. As of 31 December 2021, the bank had total assets of GHS:10,751,164,000 (US$1,449,578,900), with shareholders' equity of GHS:801,545,000 (US$108. 1 million). As of October 2019, CBG had 114 branches, 119 ATMs and approximately one million customers.

History

In September 2017, the Bank of Ghana directed all universal banks in Ghana to raise their minimum capital reserves from GHS:120 million (US$22.8 million) to GHS:400 million (US$73.4 million). Five banks that failed to meet the minimum requirements were merged, namely ''Construction Bank'', ''The'' ''Beige Bank'', ''The Royal Bank'', ''

UniBank uniBank (Ghana) Limited, commonly known as uniBank, was an indigenous private bank in Ghana, West Africa. The bank was placed in administration in March 2018 and subsequently consolidated as part of the Ghana Government's handling of its banking ...

'' and ''Sovereign Bank''. On 1 August 2018, the banking licenses of those five banks were cancelled and their assets and selected liabilities were merged to form Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited. In addition, these five banks had committed regulatory breaches that made it impossible for them to operate as banking institutions, so Bank of Ghana closed them and fired their boards and senior management.

Recapitalization

The

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issued a bond worth GHS:5.76 billion (US$1.2 billion) to retire the debt of the insolvent five banks. In addition, the government availed Consolidated Bank with GHS:450 million (US$94.76 million) to serve as reserve capital.

Ownership

Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited is 100 percent owned by the Government of Ghana.

Branches

Consolidated Bank began operations with 148 branches in nine regions of

. These were all branches of the five defunct banks the

took over. By October 2019, the number of branches had been rationalized to 114.

Awards and recognitions

In 2020 the bank was one of twelve institutions that picked up honorary awards at the ninth

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(AGI) Ghana Industry and Quality Awards.

References

External links

Official Website

Consolidated Bank Ltd takes over assets of 5 collapsed banks
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