The
Impact of the Banking Act 2004 on the Performance of the Banking Industry in
Ghana
Introduction
The world of work and organization has become increasingly demanding and
turbulent. There are numerous challenges currently facing by the banking sector
in Ghana (Laulajainen, 2003).
These are globalization, responsiveness to customers, increasing revenue and
decreasing costs, building organizational capability, change and
transformation, implementing technology, attracting and developing human
capital, and ensuring fundamental and long-lasting change. Thus, levels of
competition among organizations have increased. As in the banking industry of
Ghana, the banking sector are offering different add on services to enhance
their competitive advantage despite of the promulgation of Banking Act 2004. Some banks in Ghana offer internet banking,
some also offers high interest earnings, some also offer low cash loan, and
etc. With this head-to-head battle among
banks in Ghana, banks are creating ways to become efficient despite of the
promulgation of Banking Act 2004.
Basically the Banking Act 2004 is an act that amends and consolidates
the law relating to banking, to regulate institutions which carry on banking
business and to provide for other related matters. This Act cover the issues
about Ghana banking regulatory systems, licensing of banks, capital and
reserves, liquidity, ownership and control, restrictions on lending investment,
power of supervision and control, accounts and audit, and other issues related
in banking business of Ghana.
Aims and objectives of the study
While the research questions only refer to the information that the
researcher intended to question. The objectives, however, will focus on the
necessary problems and objectives that should be clarified in order to gather
the intended information and also be able to derive specific information that
are not limited by the previous questions. With these objectives, the study
will be able to attain the necessary information that can help derive further
conclusions and proper recommendations. The study intends to determine the impact
of the Banking Act 2004 to the banking industry of Ghana. The study intends to get the
appropriate data to help in making the proper assessment. There are other aims and objectives of the study. This includes
- To determine what Ghana’s banking sector do to
meet the needs of their clients.
- To determine the things done by Ghana’s
banking sector to give satisfaction to their clients in accordance to the
promulgation of Banking Act 2004.
- To determine and assess the perception of banking
sectors pertaining to Ghana Banking Act.
- To identify how successful the banking sector
of Ghana is and how the Banking Act 2004 contribute to the success of the bank.
Methodology
The study shall use survey using questionnaires to gather pertinent data
(Creswell, 1994).
The questionnaire will be made in such a way that the Ghana banking sectors
will spend less time in answering it. Moreover, the study shall also use
previous studies and compare it to its existing data in order to provide
conclusions and competent recommendations. Survey can be done either by
personal survey, telephone survey, self administered questionnaire, mailed
questionnaire, and email questionnaire.
The study will initially gather information that will serve as
introductory part of the study. These kind of information helps the reader what
the study is about, what it intends to do and what will be its result. The
study will then gather related literature to prove the need for conducting the
study. The literature review can help in determining what are the studies
already done, what study needs to be corrected. The study will then determine
the methods and means for data to be gathered and analyzed. In this part the
data is being readied to be gathered and analyzed but the method to gather it
will first be determined. The next part
of the study is gathering, presenting and interpreting the data. In this part
the validity of the hypothesis and ideas about the study will be proven. The
last part of the study will be the part where conclusions and recommendations
will be stated. In this part final statement about the study will be done.
References
Creswell,
JW 1994, Research design: qualitative and
quantitative approaches, Sage, Thousand Oaks, California.
Laulajainen, R 2003, Financial geography: a banker's view, Routledge, New York
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