{
  "id": 17767000,
  "title": "Apex Bank urges stronger governance in community banking reforms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/apex-bank-urges-stronger-governance-in-community-banking-reforms",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-02T07:24:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ghana Business News",
    "slug": "ghana-business-news",
    "url": "https://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2026/11/02/apex-bank-urges-stronger-governance-in-community-banking-reforms/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "ARB Apex Bank PLC's Acting Managing Director, Curtis William Brantuo, has emphasized the importance of bolstering governance, risk management, and digital banking systems among community banks in Ghana. Brantuo insisted that these reforms present community banks with an opportunity to bolster institutional capabilities and compete effectively in the dynamic financial services environment. Speaking at the inauguration of Avenor Community Bank PLC's new head office in Akatsi, Brantuo underscored the critical role of maintaining financial stability alongside improved customer service and operational efficiency for the future prosperity of community banking. He stressed that the new office symbolizes more than mere physical expansion, asserting that the bank's long-term success would be judged by its loan portfolio quality, capital strength, depositor confidence, and internal control effectiveness. Brantuo highlighted that ARB Apex Bank is committed to backing community banks through capacity-building, technical aid, advanced digital banking options, and reinforced risk management and governance measures. He further revealed that the bank's ongoing reform plan envisages a more substantial role for ARB Apex Bank in offering shared services, technology platforms, and operational aid to member banks. Brantuo urged Avenor Community Bank to adopt innovation cautiously, ensuring that expansion does not jeopardize financial stability.",
  "summary": "Mr Curtis William Brantuo, Acting Managing Director of ARB Apex Bank PLC, has called on community banks to strengthen corporate governance, risk management and digital banking systems to remain resilient amid ongoing reforms in Ghana's microfinance sector. The post Apex Bank urges stronger governance in community banking reforms appeared first on Ghana Business News .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}