In: Finance
QUESTION 2
Over the last few months, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has cracked the
whip at the banking industry in a bid to
restore sanity in the industry. In August 2017, the UT and Capital
Banks were liquidated for failing to meet
the BoG’s minimum capital ratio. The operations of UniBank, Royal
Bank, Beige Bank, Sovereign Bank, and
Construction Bank ended. In their place the BoG announced a new
bank called the Consolidated Bank, as part
of measures to ensure the banking sector maintains a strong
indigenous presence.
The BoG’s statement on closure of the banks said an Asset Quality
Review (AQR) of banks conducted in
2015 and 201S6 found that some indigenous banks had inadequate
capital, high levels of non-performing
loans, and weak corporate governance which compelled BoG to crack
the whip.
REQUIRED:
As a manager of a bank that was not closed down, what measures will
you put in place to ensure that your
bank will not be caught up in the same situation as the collapsed
banks?
Solution: