{"id":344798,"date":"2017-08-14T15:46:37","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T15:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=344798"},"modified":"2017-08-14T15:46:37","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T15:46:37","slug":"the-rise-and-fall-of-ut-capital-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/the-rise-and-fall-of-ut-capital-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"The rise and fall of UT, Capital Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The news that two indigenous banks, UT and Capital Bank have been taken over by GCB Bank has come as a shock to many Ghanaians, as just a year ago, Capital Bank was adjudged the Best Growing Bank, and Best Bank in Deposits &amp; Savings at the Ghana Banking Awards.<\/p>\n<p>The central bank on Monday announced that it had revoked the licenses of \u00a0UT and Capital Bank to operate as commercial banks due to their excessive liabilities and their failure to improve their balance sheet.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from the central bank and copied to\u00a0<strong>Citi Business News<\/strong>\u00a0said, \u2018The Bank of Ghana has approved a Purchase and Assumption transaction with GCB Bank Ltd that transfers all deposits and selected assets of UT Bank Ltd and Capital Bank Ltd to GCB Bank Ltd.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The news of the collapse has shocked many since the two banks have won numerous awards for performing successfully in the industry.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-344840 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ut-bank-remnant-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"ut-bank-remnant\" width=\"684\" height=\"457\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just a year ago, Capital Bank swept three awards at the Ghana Banking Awards. The Bank was once named as one of Ghana Most Respected Companies.<\/p>\n<p>They were adjudged the Best Growing Bank, Best Bank in Deposits &amp; Savings and Best Bank in Household\/Retail Banking at the 15th Edition of the event while UT Bank was adjudged best bank in 2011 by the same institution.<\/p>\n<p>UT bank is one of Ghana&#8217;s most celebrated brands, after it evolved from a micro-finance company into a successful bank.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Find below a list of awards the two banks have received over the years<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Capital Bank<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CIMG Non-Bank Financial Institution of the Year 2012 (won this whilst they were Savings and Loans)<\/li>\n<li>10th Best Performing Company of the Year 2012 and the Best Non-Bank Financial Institutions sector under the Ghana Club 100<\/li>\n<li>First Runner up in Customer Care at 14th Ghana Banking Awards in 2014<\/li>\n<li>Adjudged Best Growing Bank, Best Bank in Deposits and Savings and Best Bank in Household &amp; Retail Banking in 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344841 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/capital-bank.jpg\" alt=\"capital-bank\" width=\"768\" height=\"431\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>UT Bank\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bank of the Year 2011 (Ghana Banking Awards, 2011)<\/li>\n<li>Most Respected Company (PriceWaterhouseCoopers and B&amp;FT newspaper, 2012)<\/li>\n<li>Best Bank, IT\/Electronic Banking (Ghana Banking Awards, 2011)<\/li>\n<li>1st Runner up- Customer Care, Retail Banking, Socially Responsible Bank, Medium Term Loan Finance and Advisory Service (Ghana Banking Awards 2011)<\/li>\n<li>2nd Runner up Corporate Banking (Ghana Banking Awards 2011)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344842 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ut-now-gcb-head-office.jpg\" alt=\"ut-now-gcb-head-office\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Capital Bank<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Founded 29th October 2009 as a microfinance company.<br \/>\n&#8211; Became First Capital Plus Savings and Loans Company<br \/>\n&#8211; In 2010, the microfinance grew its deposit base to GHc 36.06million and total asset of 47.18million.<br \/>\n&#8211; As at the time they were Savings and loans company, they had 16% of the advances of savings and loans companies and 19% of the sector total assets.<br \/>\n&#8211; They got provisional universal banking license in July 2012.<br \/>\n&#8211; After 6 months provisional period, they were awarded full license on 4th December 2013 and became officially known as First Capital Plus Bank.<br \/>\n&#8211; Rebranded to Capital Bank in 2015. (their rebranding was one of the best executed re-branding campaigns in Ghana)<\/p>\n<p><strong>About UT Bank<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Co-Founded by Joseph Nsonamoah and Prince Kofi Amoabeng in 1997 as Unique Trust Financial Services \u2013 a Non-Bank Financial Services Provider<br \/>\n&#8211; Over time, it acquired subsidiaries and was later listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange under the holding company, UT Holdings Limited.<br \/>\n&#8211; In 2008, UT Holdings Limited acquired major shareholding in a Ghanaian commercial bank called BPI Bank.<br \/>\n&#8211; Bank was later rebranded as UT Bank and opened for business in May 2009.<br \/>\n&#8211; In June 2010, UT Bank and UT Financial Services merged into a new company called UT Bank Ghana Limited.<br \/>\n&#8211; It trades on the GSE under the symbol: UTB.<br \/>\n&#8211; Revenue: GHs 13.1 Million \u2013 2011<br \/>\n&#8211; Total Assets: GHs 712.9 Million<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EfeAnsah\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @EfeAnsah<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[ !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s) [0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); \/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The news that two indigenous banks, UT and Capital Bank have been taken over by GCB Bank has come as a shock to many Ghanaians, as just a year ago, Capital Bank was adjudged the Best Growing Bank, and Best Bank in Deposits &amp; Savings at the Ghana Banking Awards. 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