Banks urged to promote savings culture
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of uniBank Ghana Limited, Mr Felix Nyarko-Pong, has encouraged banks to adopt strategies that promote savings in order to mobilise funds for the socio-economic development of the country.
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According to him, mobilisation of funds is possible if the savings culture is inculcated in Ghanaians.
He suggested that the strategies should include ‘mouth-watering’ benefits that would make saving attractive to the public.
“With these strategies, most people will open bank accounts with the intention of benefiting from them and in turn end up saving and growing these savings,” Mr Nyarko-Pong explained in a chat with the Daily Graphic after the grand draw of the uniBank “Dash for 200k” promotion in Accra at the weekend.
Mr Nyarko-Pong said as part of the bank’s effort to improve its efficiency and the convenience of customers, it would deploy 18 Automated Teller Machines (ATM) across the country in 2015.
“Dash for 200k”
The “Dash for 200k” promotion ended with MayBeck Company Limited emerging as the ultimate winner. The company won GH¢200,000.
The promotion was aimed at cultivating and enhancing the savings culture among customers of the bank and the public, and to reward them for their loyalty.
The promotion, which run from September 15 to December 15, 2014, was open to both customers and non-customers of the bank.
UniBank partnered the Graphic Communications Group Limited, Forewin Ghana Limited, Alban Logistics, Quality Links and Supplies, and Telemedia Communications to organise the ‘Dash for 200K’ promotion.
Awardees
There were two categories of awards: The Zone One and Two Awards, which covered all customers of the 32 branches across the country and the Ultimate Award of GH¢200,000.
Forgiveness Enterprise and Farewell Limited emerged first runners-up for the Zone One and Two categories respectively. Their owners took home GHc 50,000 each.
Other winners received consolation prizes which included deep freezers, LED TV sets, washing machines and air conditioners.
The winners were picked randomly from a draw conducted by an official from the National Lotteries Authority (NLA), Mr Ekow Inkoom.