{"id":220489,"date":"2026-01-14T23:36:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T21:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/west-africa\/ghana\/ghana-cbl-approves-ghanas-first-atlantic-bank-to-operate-here\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T23:36:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T21:36:26","slug":"ghana-cbl-approves-ghanas-first-atlantic-bank-to-operate-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/west-africa\/ghana\/ghana-cbl-approves-ghanas-first-atlantic-bank-to-operate-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana: CBL Approves Ghana&#8217;s First Atlantic Bank to Operate Here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"46\">The Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) has officially granted approval for First Atlantic Bank PLC (FAB), a leading Ghanaian financial institution, to operate in Liberia. The approval marks a significant milestone in the bank&#8217;s regional expansion strategy and its ambition to strengthen its West African footprint.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"48\">The approval allows FAB to introduce its customer-focused banking model, innovative digital platforms, and corporate expertise into Liberia. The move is expected to enhance the country&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202601140205.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on AllAfrica.com<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 West Africa <a title=\"Ghana\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/west-africa\/ghana\/\">Ghana<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) has officially granted approval for First Atlantic Bank PLC (FAB), a leading Ghanaian financial institution, to operate in Liberia. The approval marks a significant milestone in the bank&#8217;s regional expansion strategy and its ambition to strengthen its West African footprint. The approval allows FAB to introduce its customer-focused banking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":220490,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.allafrica.com\/static\/images\/structure\/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4507],"tags":[258,256,8326,15350,7089,10022,4508,4509,8226,257,8243,254],"class_list":["post-220489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ghana","tag-africa","tag-africa-news","tag-approves","tag-atlantic","tag-bank","tag-cbl","tag-ghana","tag-ghana-news","tag-ghanas","tag-news","tag-operate","tag-south-africa-today"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.allafrica.com\/static\/images\/structure\/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}