Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Limited, has established a relationship with Wakanow.com to enable the bank to receive payments across all branches nationwide from customers who make online bookings for flights, hotels, visa assistance, travel insurance, holiday packages, destination weddings, corporate travel etc on Wakanow’s website ghana.wakanow.com. 

Wakanow.com is Africa’s leading full-service, online travel company that provides travellers with a one stop portal for flights, accommodation, visa assistance, holiday packages and airport transportation.

The company provides customers, through their website, with everything they need to research, plan and purchase a trip, locally in Ghana or to any destination globally.

The partnership with GTBank, Ghana’s Technology Advance Bank 2014 and Best Bank in Product Innovation 2013, would allow customers of Wakanow.com to conveniently visit any of the thirty-one (31) branches of the bank nationwide to pay for bookings made via Wakanow’s website.

The customer after his booking would be given a reference number, which he would need to make payment at GTBank.

Immediately payment is made, GTBank automatically sends a notification to Wakanow.com to alert them of the transaction, after which Wakanow.com would then send an e-ticket to the customer via an email address provided during the online bookings.

GTBank has branches spread across seven regions, namely Greater Accra, Central, Western, Northern, Ashanti, Brong Ahafo and Volta, making with the bank more convenient.

The Managing Director of Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Limited, Mr. Lekan Sanusi stated that, “This partnership once again goes to prove our commitment to further establishing GTBank as a true one-stop-shop for customers and the general public”.

“It is our conviction that customers should be able to conduct as many transactions as they require once they visit any GTBank branch or even our internet banking portal”, he added.

He further stated that, “This partnership offers the bank the opportunity to work hand in hand with other sectors of the economy in order to meet the ever growing needs of customers and the general public”.

The Group Head, Corporate Bank 2, Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Limited; Mr. Daniel Gaikpah expressed his delight with the banking relationship between GTBank and Wakanow.com. He stated, “We are grateful to Wakanow.com for this opportunity and we intend to further deepen this partnership by seeking further convenient ways for customers to pay for their bookings”

“At Guaranty Trust Bank we have the capacity and expertise to roll out tailor-made banking solutions to meet the demands of today’s discerning customers. These we believe are solutions that businesses in Ghana are looking for and our doors are always open”, he added.

This partnership is in addition to the many convenient solutions that GTBank has recently offered to customers. Just last week, GTBank and Databank Group, jointly announced a unique partnership and collaboration that  would enable clients of Databank to top up their investments by paying into Databank investments funds accounts in all branches of GTBank. The collaboration further allows for the setting up of ‘Databank Corners’ in GTBank branches for the purpose of providing investment advice.

Last month, GTBank announced that it had developed a web acquiring solution, named UGPay to enable the University of Ghana collect online fees and payments for other services rendered by the University.

During its relatively brief years of operation in the country, Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Limited has established itself as a pacesetter and an exemplar especially in the area of IT/ Electronic Banking.