{"id":344783,"date":"2017-08-14T15:26:17","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T15:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=344783"},"modified":"2017-11-10T10:42:48","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T10:42:48","slug":"panicky-ut-bank-customers-besiege-koforidua-branch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/panicky-ut-bank-customers-besiege-koforidua-branch\/","title":{"rendered":"Panicky UT Bank customers besiege Koforidua branch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Customers of UT Bank at Koforidua in the Eastern Region have besieged the bank&#8217;s premises following the takeover by GCB Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Over 60 customers of the Bank gathered outside the building, demanding access into the banking hall.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-344791\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/UTKoforidua5.jpg\" alt=\"utkoforidua5\" width=\"979\" height=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;Otl9KjnTa2wGIzgpBw5YdLDyXtBRXtYC&#8221;]According to them, they had arrived at the Bank, which should have been open for business at 1 pm, per a directive from the Bank of Ghana, only to find it closed.<\/p>\n<p>The situation frustrated some of the customers who expressed their discontent to\u00a0<strong>Citi News&#8217;<\/strong> Eastern Regional Correspondent Neil Nii Amatey Kanarku.<\/p>\n<p>He reported that several police\u00a0men were at the scene to ensure the situation didn&#8217;t escalate.<\/p>\n<p>One customer stated that he would cancel his account with the Bank as he did not like GCB Bank who had taken over the Bank.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wanted to cash money from their ATMs recently, I tried about three of them but none of them worked. When I heard the news this morning, I marvelled because I knew UT Bank was always sitting on a time-bomb. I came to withdraw money to pay my workers but it&#8217;s not open. I&#8217;m very frustrated. I&#8217;m not going to put in any more\u00a0cheques here. I don&#8217;t like GCB Bank, that&#8217;s why I left so I&#8217;m going to close my account,&#8221; one customer said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-344788\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/UTKoforidua2.jpg\" alt=\"utkoforidua2\" width=\"979\" height=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Other customers who spoke to <strong>Citi News<\/strong> stated that<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>despite the bank&#8217;s challenges, they had no intention to stop saving there.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I saw the news on Social Media. It&#8217;s nothing bad, it&#8217;s normal. This is not a bank closing down, it&#8217;s being taken over by another bank. The media needs to educate the people. People are creating unnecessary panic,&#8221; a customer of the bank said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/UTKoforidua3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-344789\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/UTKoforidua3.jpg\" alt=\"utkoforidua3\" width=\"979\" height=\"550\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was embarrassed when I heard the news. I&#8217;m here to withdraw money because I need it but no, I&#8217;m not closing my account with the bank,&#8221; another customer added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/UTKoforidua8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-344795\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/UTKoforidua8.jpg\" alt=\"utkoforidua8\" width=\"979\" height=\"550\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunyani customers stranded<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Citi News<\/strong>&#8216; Duke Mensah Opoku also reported similar scenes in the Brong Ahafo regional capital Sunyani.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/UTSunyani.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-344797\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/UTSunyani.jpg\" alt=\"utsunyani\" width=\"733\" height=\"550\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to him, several customers at the bank had gathered outside the building since morning but had been denied entry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Customers of UT Bank at Koforidua in the Eastern Region have besieged the bank&#8217;s premises following the takeover by GCB Bank. 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