Banking Business Archives — Page 5 of 9

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...

August 4, 2021 No Responses

Unity Bank Unveils New Code On USSD Platform

In a bid to safeguard its e-banking platforms with enhanced safety and security features, Unity Bank Plc has unveiled a new code on its USSD platform that completely puts the customer in control of his Bank Account against any e-Banking...

August 2, 2021 No Responses

Zenith Bank Boss Canvasses Increased Impact Investing In Africa

Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Zenith Bank Plc, Mr Ebenezer Onyeagwu, has called for increased impact investing in Africa, to enable the continent to achieve its full potentials. A statement issued on Sunday explained that Onyeag...

July 31, 2021 No Responses

FBN Holdings posts N38.1b Profit In Half-Year

For the half year ended June 30, 2021, FBN Holdings Plc has declared Profit after tax (PAT) of N38.1 billion against N35.6 billion posted in the corresponding period of 2020, indicating an increase of 6.9 per cent. In a statement...

July 22, 2021 No Responses

Sekibo: Market Formation Framework, Driver To Optimally Develop Solid Mineral Sector

MD/CEO of Heritage Bank Plc, Ifie Sekibo has said that market formation framework is the key to optimally exploit Nigeria’s precious metal and solid minerals endowments. He disclosed this during a webinar organised by the Securities and Exchange Commis...

July 18, 2021 No Responses

Ecobank Celebrates Nigerians In Diaspora, Explains Zero Fees For Transactions On Rapidtransfer

In commemoration of this year’s National Diaspora Day event, Ecobank Nigeria is joining the rest of the country to celebrate Nigerians in the diaspora by making transactions on its proprietary money transfer app, Rapidtransfer, free of charge. Th...

July 16, 2021 No Responses

FirstBank Empowers Firstmonie Agents With N100b Loan

First Bank of Nigeria Ltd has empowered Firstmonie agents with the sum of N100 billion through its agent credit scheme. In a statement on Thursday, FirstBank Group Executive, e-Business & Retail Products, Chuma Ezirim explained t...

July 11, 2021 No Responses

Fidelity Bank Unveils 7-Point Growth Agenda

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — The management of Fidelity Bank Plc has unveiled seven-point agenda aimed at strategic growth and expansion. In a statement on Saturday, the bank’s Chief Executive Officer/ Managing Direct...

July 9, 2021 No Responses

Ecobank Renews Support For Nigerian Women In Business

Ecobank Nigeria has launched “Ellevate”, a gender-based proposition for women-owned businesses to reduce gender inequality in entrepreneurship and aid equal representation for women in the formal business sector. The Managing Director, Ecobank ...

June 28, 2021 No Responses

Access Bank CEO, Wigwe Emerges African Banker Of The Year

The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank Plc, Mr Herbert Wigwe, has been named as the African Banker of the Year for the second consecutive year. A statement issued on Sunday explained that he was recognised at the 2021...

June 17, 2021 No Responses

NEXIM Bank Urges Nigeria To Boost Regional Trade

The Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM Bank) has advised the Federal Government to make effort to boost Nigeria’s trade in the ECOWAS and African continent. Managing Director, NEXIM Bank, Mr Abba Bello, gave the advice in Abuja on Wednesday, at t...

June 17, 2021 No Responses

Zenith Bank Gets Best Corporate Governance Financial Services Award

Zenith Bank Plc has been named as the Best Corporate Governance ‘Financial Services’ Africa 2021 by the Ethical Boardroom for the second consecutive year. The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive of the bank, Mr Ebenezer Onyeagwu, in a statement o...

June 7, 2021 No Responses

Ecobank Nigeria Appoints New Head Of Marketing And Corporate Communications

Ecobank Nigeria has announced the appointment of Mr. Babajide Sipe to Head the Marketing and Corporate Communications department. In a statement sens to City BusinessNews online, Ecobank Nigeria said: “ An experienced Marketing & B...

June 3, 2021 No Responses

FMDQ Admits Union Bank N34.96b CPs

FMDQ Securities Exchange Ltd on Wednesday approved the quotation of Union Bank of Nigeria Plc N2.58 billion Series 8 and N32.38 billion Series 9 Commercial Papers (CPs). The Chief Executive Officer of the Bank, Mr Emeka Okonkwo, in a statement...