Julian OpuniMD of Fidelity Financial institution (remaining) presenting the cheque to Senyo Hosi a Trustee of the COVID-19 Private Sector Fund
As element of initiatives to assist the Authorities to combat the spread of the Covid-19 in the country, Fidelity Lender has donated ¢1million to the Covid-19 Private Sector Fund through a virtual sod-slicing ceremony.
The Bank’s donation is to assist the building of the COVID-19 Infectious Illness and Isolation Facility at the Ga East Municipal Medical center. This unit which is estimated to value $3.5million, is the to start with-at any time Isolation and Treatment Facility in the state and funded by the COVID-19 Personal Sector Fund.
Julian Kinsley Opuni, Managing Director of Fidelity Financial institution, described the rationale for this donation. He said, “We must assistance our Government’s attempts to preserve lives by means of impressive initiatives, these as the COVID-19 Personal Sector Fund.” He ongoing, “our donation is in addition to other actions we have previously set in put to mitigate the effects of the pandemic on our clients and the typical community.”
Mr Opuni highlighted steps, this kind of as the lowered curiosity prices on individual loans for qualifying clients to 17.5% (which include a greatest a few-month reimbursement holiday getaway), bank loan compensation postponement and loan restructuring alternatives for existing debtors affected by the pandemic.
He included that the Bank’s SME & Company Purchasers tough strike by the outcomes of COVID-19 would get aid deals that include bank loan moratoriums and personal loan restructuring options. He highlighted the Bank’s cell app increased solutions this sort of as wage progress applications, overdraft limit will increase requests and financial loan major-ups from the convenience of their households.
Mr Opuni concluded his checklist of steps by underlining the waiver of all interbank transfer service fees on all electronic transactions and cellular wallet transaction service fees for transactions of GHS100 and beneath.
He termed on all Ghanaians, to adhere to the security evaluate introduced by the President of Ghana, to improve the accomplishment of the combat from the pandemic.
