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February 3, 2024 No Responses

UBA Appoints Mulili, Samoura As MD/CEO In Kenya, Sierra Leone

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has appointed Ms. Mary Mulili and Mr Mohamed Alhajie Samoura, as the new Managing Directors/Chief Executive Officers of its subsidiaries in Kenya and Sierra Leone respectively. Ms. Mulili’s appointment marks a significant milestone for UBA Kenya,...

October 22, 2023 No Responses

Allen Onyema Becomes Fellow, CIBN

Chairman of Air Peace, Dr Allen Onyema, has been conferred with an Honourary Fellowship Award by the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, CIBN, at its 60th Anniversary Fellowship Investiture in VI, Lagos, on October 21, 2023. A statement explained...

March 25, 2023 No Responses

Regulators Approve Access Bank Zambia Merger With African Banking Corporation

Access Holdings Plc has received final regulatory approval for the acquisition and merger of Access Bank Zambia and African Banking Corporation Zambia Ltd. The Company Secretary, Mr Sunday Ekwochi, explained in a statement on Friday, that the transaction would...

February 15, 2023 No Responses

TAJBank Lists 1st Corporate Sukuk Bond On NGX

TAJBank Ltd., Nigeria’s foremost non-interest bank, on Tuesday listed its Sukuk Bond on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX). The bank listed N10 billion Mudarabah Sukuk issuance after it successfully raised over N11.4 billion under its N100 billio...

October 30, 2022 No Responses

Expert Tasks Bankers On Infrastructure Funding

An infrastructure specialist, Mr Opuiyo Oforiokuma, has urged bankers to come up with a plan to fund infrastructure in Nigeria. Oforiokuma, a Senior Partner at Africa50 Infrastructure Acceleration Fund, gave the advice at the 2022 Fellowship Investiture ...

October 21, 2022 No Responses

New Core Investor Acquires Polaris Bank

A new core investor, Strategic Capital Investment Ltd. (SCIL) has acquired Polaris Bank, The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), disclosed on Thursday. A statement signed by Mr Osita Nwanisobi, Director, Corporate Communications and posted on CBN website on Thursda...

September 27, 2022 No Responses

Delta, Lagos, NIMASA, Chevron, Access Bank, Unity Bank, Support GOCOP Confab

The momentum has continued to rise for the sixth annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) as more corporate partners emerge for the event scheduled for Thursday, October 6, at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja-Lagos. The chairman, 2022 Confere...

September 18, 2022 No Responses

Shippers’ Council, CBN, UBA, Fidelity Bank, Others Harp On Trade Facilitation

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — Trade facilitation took the centre stage, in Lagos, on Saturday as key stakeholders brainstorm on challenges, existing modalities and gains recorded so far. Speaking at the event, which forms part ...

July 15, 2022 No Responses

UBA Photo News

L-R: United Bank for Africa (UBA) Group Head, Commercial and Corporate Banking, Mr. Muyiwa Akinyemi; Executive Director, Treasury and International Banking, Mr. Ndubisi Chiugo; Chief Executive Officer, Dubai International Financial Centre(DIFC) ...

June 15, 2022 No Responses

CBN, Bankers’ Committee To Unveil Non-Oil Export Optimisation Framework

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has developed a comprehensive non-oil export optimisation framework, which would be launched at its maiden summit on non-oil exports on June 16. The Director, Corporate Communications Department, CBN, Mr Osita Nwanisobi,...

September 19, 2021 No Responses

CBN, NDIC, UBA, Unity Bank, Heritage Bank, Others Support FICAN At 30

Banking and Finance stakeholders are set to converge at the 2021 Annual Conference and 30th-anniversary celebration of the Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria (FICAN). The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) Securities and Exchange Commissi...

August 13, 2021 No Responses

Bankers Plan Digital Process For Forex Sales

The Bankers’ committee has concluded plans to digitise sales of Foreign Exchange (Forex) across the country. According to a member of the Bankers’ Committee Group, Mr. Segun Agbaje, who is the chief executive officer of Guaranty Trust Hold...

August 7, 2021 No Responses

Access Bank Drives Financial Inclusion with 74,000 Closa Agents

Access Bank Plc has equipped 74,000 Access Closa agents to provide financial services to customers across the country, to drive financial inclusion. Mr Robert Giles, Senior Banking Advisor, Retail, Access Bank, made this known in a statement on Friday in...

June 25, 2021 No Responses

At TAJBank’s AGM, Shareholders Laud Performance

Shareholders of TAJBank Limited, Nigeria’s leading non-interest banking products and services provider, yesterday commended the board and management of the bank for its impressive performance in its first year of operations, promising continued commitment to...