Skip to main content

Standard Chartered expands its digital footprints



Standard Chartered Bank has officially opened the first-ever ‘next generation’ digital branch in the country in an effort to give customers more interactivity and efficiency in their daily transactions.

With no physical cash management and tellers, the branch presents a new reality in banking; that all transactions can be done on digital platforms 24/7.

Known as ‘Breeze@East Legon’ (BEL), it will afford customers the hands-on ability to track transactions, ensure quick and easy access to their accounts as well as transfer funds to other bank accounts across the country.
The move follows a recently launched mobile banking application by the Bank called, ‘Breeze’, which is already transforming the digital space in the country’s financial services industry.
BEL will employ innovative technology to provide a superior banking experience and also offer a number of user-friendly features to help customers perform their transactions quickly and conveniently.

The branch is fitted with self-service internet booths to help customers perform their transactions as well as sign-up for internet banking and try out the Breeze mobile “app”.

Meanwhile, the Bank has opened a “Pop-Up” Booth at the new Marina Mall in the heart of Ghana’s capital Accra to complement its digitisation efforts.

The Booth provides an easy and convenient way for the bank to engage customers at vantage locations. Some of the features include a game console, where customers can play games using motion sensor technology; an internet banking kiosk to perform every task and a Breeze bar.

Standard Chartered has been in Ghana since 1896 and through its consumer banking business offers solutions including Employee Banking, SME Banking, General Retail Banking and Premium Banking Services.

It is an award winning Bank in product innovation and has pioneered the introduction of products and solutions including ATM’s, visa cards and unsecured personal loans in Ghana.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Shortage of weighing cards hit major hospitals in Accra

By: Fred Yaw Sarpong- Daily Express There is scarcity of Child Health Records Book (weighing cards), in some major public hospitals in the capital, information reaching the Daily Express indicates. Checks by this paper revealed that while some of the hospitals have being encountering the shortage for about a year now, others started experiencing it six months ago. In place of the Child Health Record Book (weighing card), the nursing mothers are given a single card on which information of children are recorded on it. Those hospitals identified are the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Korle Bu Polyclinic, Kaneshie Polyclinic, Adabraka Polyclinic and the Ridge Hospital. At the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, the nursing mothers are given yellow cards in place of the weighing cards. The Public Relations Secretariat at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital said such information has not come to their notice and for that matter they cannot comment on it. “We do not have some
Post a Comment
Read more

ABL launches chibuku super in Bolgatanga

By: Fred Yaw Sarpong sarpong007@gmail.com Accra Brewery Limited (ABL) has officially launched the Chibuku Super drink at Bolgatanga in the Upper East region with the aim of reaching a lot of customers. Mr. Thomas Nii Ponku, Supervisor in charge of Chibuku Super at ABL told Daily Express that the management decided to launch the Chibuku Super drink in the Upper East region because they’ve realized it is similar to a traditional drink in the region. “Chibuku is like a well developed pito, a traditional drink made from fermented millet or sorghum in the Northern part of Ghana. So the idea is to provide them with similar drink,” he added. Mr. Nii Ponku disclosed this when members of the Institute of Finance and Economic Journalists (IFEJ) toured the facility of ABL to acquaint themselves with the expansion project at the factory. He mentioned that after a feasibility study, they realized there is a potential market for the product in the northern part of Ghana
Post a Comment
Read more

Barbering Salons, bridging the unemployment gap in Ghana

By: Fred Yaw Sarpong Barbering business in Ghana is money making venture, depending on the location of the shop. Various barbering shops scattered across the country charges according to the location of the shop. The nature and sustainability of every barbering shop depends on the location of the shop. The location will determine how much one can charge a customer for barbering his or her hair. Checks indicate that some barbering shops located at Spintex, East Legon and Osu Oxford street charges between GHc15.00 and GHc20.00 per hair cut. At South La Estate, it will cost a customer to pay GHc4.00 for hair cut, while one will have to pay GHc3.00 to barber his or her hair at a place like Nima, Maamobi and Mallam Gbawe. Royal Vulture Executive Barbering Salon is one of the biggest barbering salons one can locate within Accra. One is its shops is located at Madina, near Taxi rank while one is located at Accra New Town, near the Post Office. Customers at Madina pay GHc7.00
6 comments
Read more