This is the list of rural banks in Ghana. Rural banks were first established in Ghana in 1976 to provide banking services to the rural population, providing credit to small-scale farmers and businesses and supporting development projects, with the first being in
Agona Nyakrom in
Central Region.
The banks are locally owned and managed. By 2002 115 rural banks had been established. They are supervised by the clearing bank
ARB Apex Bank
ARB Apex Bank is a Ghanaian wholesale bank that provides funding and coordination to the Rural & Community Banks (RCBs) in Ghana. In effect it acts as a ''mini central bank'' to the Rural banks in Ghana. The acronym ARB stands for the Associa ...
under the regulation of the
Bank of Ghana, which owns shares in the banks.
See also
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Atwima Rural Bank
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Economy of Ghana
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Bank of Ghana
References
External links
Official website of the Bank of Ghana
Further reading
*{{cite book , title=Banking in Ghana , chapter=Rural Banks , last=Anin , first=T. E. , pages=176 ''ff.'' , year=2000 , publisher=Woeli Publishing Services , isbn=978-9964-978-67-9
Banks of Ghana