Standard Chartered Bank Ghana PLC has secured a regulatory extension to file its audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025, pushing the deadline to March 16, 2026, after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) granted the bank additional time to complete ongoing stakeholder engagements.
The bank disclosed the development in a formal notice dated February 26, 2026, signed by management and addressed to the general investing public and its shareholders. The notice cited active consultations with key stakeholders as the reason the bank could not meet its original submission deadline.
“The extension has become necessary due to ongoing engagements with key stakeholders prior to publication of their audited financial statement for the year ending 31 December 2025,” the notice stated.
The bank did not elaborate on the nature of those engagements, and no further details were provided regarding the specific factors driving the delay.
Standard Chartered Bank Ghana, listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) under the ticker SCB.gh, is one of the country’s largest and most established international lenders. The bank is led by Managing Director Mansa Nettey, with Ebenezer Twum Asante serving as board chairman. Its board includes directors Sheikh Jobe, Kwabena Nifa Aning, George Akello, Albert Asante, Naa Adorkor Codjoe, Augustine Xorse Godzi, and Cynthia Anne Lumor.
The extension is not without precedent. The bank sought a similar delay for its 2024 financial statements, a pattern not uncommon among major financial institutions whose audit processes involve complex cross-border consolidations, international accounting standards compliance, and multi-layered regulatory review. The bank’s most recent publicly available full-year results cover the period ending December 31, 2024.
Investors and market participants will now watch closely for the 2025 accounts, which are expected to reflect the bank’s performance during a year marked by Ghana’s ongoing economic recovery, currency stabilisation, and shifting interest rate dynamics. The March 16 deadline gives the bank approximately three weeks from the date of the notice to finalise and submit its disclosures to the SEC.
