Mr. John Awuah, the new Managing Director/CEO of UMB, was warmly welcomed by UMB staff at staff introduction sessions held during his first week in office. The informal and candid meetings took place in Accra and Kumasi on the 7th and 8th of April respectively. Mr. Awuah used the opportunity to outline his vision for …

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Universal Merchant Bank (UMB), on Saturday March 7 hosted the first of many seminars for tertiary students at their Airport City Head Office. The aim of the seminar was to encourage responsible money management among students. Approximately 200 students from University of Ghana, Radford University, GIMPA, University of Professional Studies, Central University College and Accra …

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Prior to joining UMB Mr. John Awuah was the Chief Finance Officer and Director of Finance of GCB Bank Limited. He joined GCB from Ecobank Capital where he was the Group Chief Finance Officer and exercised leadership over the Finance Functions of Ghana, Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Kenya and Zimbabwe. He has had senior management …

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The Board of Directors of Universal Merchant Bank (“UMB”) announces the appointment of a new CEO of the bank, Mr. John Awuah, who will be leading the next phase of the bank’s strategy. Mr. Awuah will be working with the sterling team of professionals at the bank to achieve the next stage of the bank’s …

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(L to R) UMB Director of Marketing and Communications, Yvonne Botchey presenting donation to Citi Opportunity Project on Education representative, Jessica Opare-Saforo, Programmes Manager of Citi FM.   Grand Prize Winner, Joseph Boateng   (L to R) UMB Director of Retail, Lawrence Appiah-Baiden; NLA Representative, Ekow Incoom; UMB Chief Operating Officer, Stephen Antwi-Asimeng; Second Prize …

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The CEO/MD of Universal Merchant Bank, Ms. Nilla Selormey, has been awarded with the Young Professionals and Youth Coalition (YPYC) Award of Role Model of the Year in the female category. This was at the 6th Young Professionals Transformational Leadership Conference held on the 10th of December, 2014. This is was in recognition of her …

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Universal Merchant Bank (UMB), has held the first monthly draw of the UMB New You promotion at a colourful ceremony in Kumasi where ten (10) lucky customers were rewarded with Samsung Galaxy Tabs. The draw, which was supervised by the National Lotteries Authority, is the first of two monthly draws that will be conducted as …

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The 8th October 2014 witnessed the launch of an inspiring and exciting campaign to reward customers and potential customers of UMB. The promotion, dubbed the UMB New You Promo, is aimed at enriching the lives of our customers and helping them to bring into fruition our innate human desire to be a better version of …

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Our Research Department has been hard at work creating informative and useful newsletters for UMB customers. In addition to the quarterly UMB Economic Bulletin and the daily News Flash, Head of Research, Stephen Ampadu has created UMB Business News, a monthly newsletter that will provide highlights of the relevant economic and financial news affecting Ghana …

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  UMB held its inaugural Strategy and Performance Review Session at the Royal Senchi Hotel over a three-day period in early July. UMB management, Department Heads and all Business Managers presented to the Board of Directors and Shareholders. KPMG and Knowledge Capital moderated the sessions. Each presentation addressed what had been accomplished thus far and …

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