During the period, its total assets also increased to GH?16,027,816.00 from GH?12,752,132.00. Mr. Francis Nyanin, the Board Chairman, announced these at the 29th annual general meeting of the shareholders at Asokore in the Sekyere East District.

He informed the bank owners that deposit rose by 32.29 per cent – from GH¢10,683,088.00 to GH¢14,132,674.00. At the same time, investment in treasury bills and other short term securities climbed to GH?7,410,102.00 from GH?5,316,824.00 – a growth of 39.37 per cent.

He said it made available GH?4,391,325.00 in loans and advances to support the growth of businesses.  Compared with the previous year’s figure of GH¢2,705,119.00, this showed a 62.33 per cent increase.

 Touching on the bank’s paid-up capital, he said that grew from GH¢311,959.00 to GH¢360,864.00. Mr. George Kwaku Annor, Ashanti Regional Manager of the ARB Apex Bank, applauded the bank for the impressive performance.

He asked the board to continue to work hard to strengthen internal controls to protect  customers’ deposit.