The 2017 ARB- Apex Bank Report on the performance of rural and community banks showed Yaa Asantewaa Rural Bank Ltd as 3rd and 24th best managed rural bank in Ashanti region and Ghana as a whole out of 26 rural and community banks in Ashanti region and 144 rural and community banks in Ghana respectively and in the category of strong rural banks in Ghana. Key indicators for the assessment were capital base, liquidity position, loan management and quality, profitability, management quality among others.
Yaa Asantewaa Rural Bank Ltd was incorporated on 14th April 2010 under the companies’ code 1963 Act 179 as a Public Company Limited by liability to provide Rural and Community Banking among other services to its clients. Yaa Asantewaa Rural Bank Ltd is licensed by the central bank of Ghana with license number 212 to provide rural and community banking services as regulated by the banking Act 2004 (Act 673). Banking operations started in October 2012 at the head office, Ejisu.