Africa-Press – Ghana. Ghana International Bank (GHIB) has announced a strategic collaboration with Vista Bank Group at the CONVERGE 2025 Conference, establishing a comprehensive partnership to enhance trade finance access across West African markets and strengthen intra-African banking cooperation.
The partnership, formalised through a signing ceremony in London, positions GHIB as the primary correspondent banking partner for Vista Bank Group’s operations across Gambia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, and Guinea.
The collaboration will leverage GHIB’s established global banking relationships to provide Vista Bank’s clients with enhanced access to international trade finance solutions and cross-border payment services.
The conference is the GHIB’s flagship thought leadership conference, specifically designed to harness the bank’s extensive experience and leverage its network of partners, clients, and even competitors.
Mr. Dean Adansi, Chief Executive Officer of GHIB, in a statement issued at the CONVERGE Conference, said, “This partnership represents a tangible expression of our commitment to building Africa’s financial infrastructure.”
He said the partnership represented a tangible expression of our commitment to being Africa’s bridge to international finance and correspondent banking.
He said they provide African Banking Groups like VISTA the critical access for funding, international trade finance and global payments that allow for expansion and growth.
“We have kept faith in providing this access to Africa, since 1959, and are honored to now deliver same to the VISTA Group,” Mr. Adansi added.
Vista Bank Group, through Vista Group Holding SA, operates as a pan-African financial services organisation focused on building world-class banking capabilities while contributing to economic and financial inclusion across Africa.
The group maintains strategic operations in multiple West African markets, with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprise banking, trade finance, leasing services, and bancassurance products.
Under the partnership framework, GHIB will provide Vista Bank Group with correspondent banking services, international credit line access, and sophisticated trade finance instruments.
This ‘TradeBridge’ approach enables Vista Bank’s clients, particularly small and medium enterprises, to access global markets through established international banking relationships that have historically been difficult for regional African banks to secure independently.
Mr. Serge Raymond, the Managing Director of Vista Bank France, said: “Ghana International Bank has become our gateway to the global financial system, where other international banks have been unable to provide the access, we need. GHIB has demonstrated genuine commitment to African development through practical banking solutions.”
He said this partnership enables them to serve the backbone of African economies, the SMEs in Banjul, Dakar, Freetown, Ouagadougou, and Conakry, with world-class trade finance capabilities.
He said the collaboration addressed critical market gaps in African trade finance, where regional banks have traditionally faced barriers in accessing international credit lines and correspondent banking services.
He said through GHIB’s established global relationships, Vista Bank Group clients would gain access to letters of credit, trade guarantees, foreign exchange services, and international payment processing capabilities essential for participating in global commodity markets.
The collaboration will be implemented through GHIB’s existing infrastructure, utilising the bank’s correspondent relationships with major international financial institutions to provide Vista Bank Group clients with seamless access to global trade finance markets.
Initial services will include trade finance facilitation, cross-border payments, foreign exchange services, and credit line access, with additional capabilities to be developed based on market demand.
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