Kumasi, Oct. 10, GNA - The management of Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) is to introduce a new package to ensure high quality service and reduce long queues in its banking halls.

The 'Royal Banking' is expected to ensure GCB meet the needs of customers and emerging challenges of the global banking environment. Mr Franklin Asamoah, Member of the Board of Directors of GCB, announced this at the sod cutting for the construction of a new bank complex at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi on Tuesday.

The project is estimated at about 14.9 million Ghana cedis and being undertaken by Consar Construction Company.

Mr Asamoah said hallmark of the new package were, flexibility, speed and convenience for customers.

He said the bank's Internet banking would be implemented nation-wide after it had networked its 135 branches.

Professor Kwasi Kwafo Adarkwa, Vice-Chancellor of KNUST commended management of the bank for its decision to build a new banking complex at the university to serve the needs of students and its catchment area. He appealed to corporate bodies to commit resources to improve on the infrastructure of the university to facilitate academic work.