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September 9, 2024 No Responses

Access Bank Set To Host 2024 Corporate Customers Forum

Access Bank is set to host ‘Corporate Customer Forum 2024’, on September 19, 2024 at the Eko Hotels, Victoria Island, Lagos State.Under the theme “Nigeria’s Economic rebirth: Hopes and implications”, the event is set to host the Minister of Finance...

August 7, 2024 No Responses

CBN Approves Merger Of Unity, Providus Banks

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved the merger between Unity Bank Plc and Providus Bank Limited. In a statement on Tuesday, CBN through its acting Director of Corporate Communications, Hakama Sidi-Ali, explained that the move is designed to...

July 3, 2024 No Responses

NOVA Bank Commences Operations As National Commercial Bank.

NOVA Bank, formerly known as NOVA Merchant Bank, has officially commenced operations as a National Commercial Bank, as the bank opened its first commercial banking branch at 18, Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island.This follows the Central Bank of Nigeria’s ...

June 11, 2024 No Responses

Access Bank Completes Acquisition Of BancABC Tanzania

Access Bank Plc has announced the successful completion of its acquisition of African Banking Corporation (Tanzania) Limited (BancABC Tanzania), in line with its strategic expansion goals. With the successful acquisition of BancABC Tanzania by the Ba...

May 7, 2024 No Responses

CBN Directs Banks To Charge 0.5% Cybersecurity Levy

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed deposit money banks in the country to start charging 0.5% cybersecurity levy on transactions. This was contained in a circular dated May 6, 2024 by the apex bank to all commercial, merchant,...

September 14, 2023 No Responses

Fidelity Bank Completes 100% Acquisition Of Union Bank UK

Fidelity Bank Plc has announced the completion of the acquisition of a 100 per cent stake in Union Bank Plc UK. In a statement to the investing community through the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) on Wednesday, the bank explained that...

April 20, 2023 No Responses

Stock Market Recover N18b

The stock market on Wednesday recorded a positive position, gaining N18 billion to close at N27.871 trillion from the N27.852 trillion posted on Tuesday. Also, the All-Share Index rose by 39.49 points, representing an increase of 0.08 per cent to...

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...

January 31, 2023 No Responses

UBA Appoints Abiola Bawuah As First Female CEO For Africa Operations

The Board of Directors ,United Bank for Africa (UBA)Plc on Monday announced the appointment of Mrs. Abiola Bawuah as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of UBA Africa. UBA in a statement explained that Bawuah will also...

December 12, 2022 No Responses

CVFF: UBA, Zenith Bank, Union Bank, Others To Disburse N16b, $350m

Five Banks have been selected for the disbursement of Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund (CVFF). The Banks are: United Bank for Africa (UBA), Zenith Bank, Union Bank of Nigeria, Polaris Bank and Jaiz Bank. Minister of Trans...

September 28, 2022 No Responses

Union Bank Partners WACOT Rice On Financial Inclusion For Smallholder Farmers In Kebbi

As part of Union Bank’s commitment to driving financial inclusion in Nigeria, the Bank has partnered with WACOT Rice Limited – a rice processing company, to financially include 6,000 local farmers including youth and women in Kebbi State. The Keb...

September 28, 2022 No Responses

Sterling Positions For Expansion With New Structure

With the unanimous support received from its shareholders, Sterling Bank, soon to be known as Sterling Financial Holdings Company, is firmly positioned to expand its financial services footprint from traditional banking and deliver more value to its shareholde...

August 6, 2022 No Responses

100 Ecobank Customers Win N50,000 Each

Ecobank Nigeria has announced the names of 100 customers who are the first set of lucky winners in the super Rewards season 3 campaign monthly draw with an N50,000 cash prize each. The Super Rewards Campaign is a customer-focused initiative designed...

June 30, 2022 No Responses

Fitch Upgrades Fidelity Bank’s Issuer Default Rating From ‘B-’ To ‘B’

Fitch Ratings has upgraded Fidelity Bank Plc’s long-term issuer default rating (IDR) from ‘B-’ to ‘B’, reflecting the bank’s increased creditworthiness. The rating agency also upgraded Fidelity’s National Long-Term Rating to ‘A(nga)’ from ‘...