Stanchart unveils smartbanking product

Standard Chartered Bank, Ghana, has unveiled smartbanking solution - targetted at making banking services easier for employees in the country.

The product, which allows customers process salaries of their employees at the comfort of their various offices, is also aimed at providing effective banking services that enable employees to access their salaries on time without any challenges.

This development makes it the Bank with the most products in the country and consolidates Stanchart’s leadership position in the financial sector, said Hemen Shah, Chief Executive Officer for West & Central Africa of the Bank, in Accra at the official launching of the product.

“At Standard Chartered, our brand promise of being the right partner to our client is central in all we do.“We strive to offer our customers creative innovations that deliver international standard quality to them. Increasingly, this means a situation where our customers enjoy 360 degree solutions to all their financial problems at any of our touch-points.

“In Ghana we want to be the best bank; it is difficult but with best employees, opening new branches, and up-grading technologies, we’ll definitely consolidate our leadership position,” Mr. Shah stated.

Mr. Mills-Robertson, Executive Director, Consumer Banking of Stanchart said: “Our 114-year commitment to the country has once more been translated into relevant, innovative solutions that will deliver real, tangible value to the customer.

“Customers no longer have to rush around town to process their employees’ salaries, but can do this through our branches across the country. In doing this, we have created these products with the most current technology and to offer superior services.

“Now, with a couple of keystrokes, your payroll will be dispatched through to the online platform. What’s more, your staff can also check their balances with a couple of keystrokes - through online banking or mobile banking.”

He indicated that the Bank as a right partner has naturally spent time thinking up boosters that will enhance package, that will turn organisation into a great place to work.

“We have done this by configuring a solution that literally puts the bank on your shop floor, right at the fingertips of your employees,” he said.

Alex Frimpong, Executive Secretary, Ghana Employers Association indicated that it is gratifying for the bank to respond to the needs of employees in the country.

He therefore urged other financial institutions in the country to develop similar products that are tailored to the well-being of employees to help deepen the country’s labour market.