Banking Archives — Page 18 of 59

April 19, 2021 No Responses

FirstBank Unveils Corporate Website, Reiterates Commitment To Seamless Service Delivery

First Bank of Nigeria Ltd., has launched a new website to ensure seamless banking and technology solutions to its customers across the world. The Chief Executive Officer, FirstBank Group, Dr Adesola Adeduntan, said this in a statement in Lagos on...

April 16, 2021 No Responses

Citigroup To Exit Banking Operations In 13 Markets

Citigroup is closing its consumer banking operations in 13 markets across Asia, Europe and the Middle East. The US banking group will instead run these operations from four hubs in Singapore, Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates and London. It...

April 16, 2021 No Responses

Ecobank Offers Mortgage Loans, Investment Options For Nigerians in Diaspora

Ecobank has rolled out several investment packages and opportunities to encourage Nigerians in the diaspora to own houses in the country and also participate actively in money and capital markets. Speaking to newsmen in Lagos at the weekend, Olukorede De...

April 14, 2021 No Responses

Stakeholders Outline Solutions For Successful AfCFTA Implementation

Stakeholders in the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) have called for private sector participation and creation of compatible trade policies to ensure successful implementation of the agreement. Top government officials, industrialists, and fin...

April 14, 2021 No Responses

FirstBank Educates Nigerians On Cybersecurity

First Bank of Nigeria Ltd., is sensitising indivduals and businesses with useful information on protection to avoid cyberattack in today’s digital age. The Chief Executive Officer, FirstBank Group, Dr Adesola Adeduntan explained in statement on Tuesday...

April 12, 2021 No Responses

TAJBank Introduces NQR Solution To Ease Customers’ Transactions

To ease problems associated with financial transactions by it’s Customers’,TAJBank, Nigeria’s most innovative non-interest bank, has announced the introduction of the NQR Payment solution, an indigenous Quick Response Code by NIBSS.The NQR Payment soluti...

April 5, 2021 No Responses

Ecobank Nigeria MD Canvasses Artificial Intelligence To Check Cybercrimes

The Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan has advocated the use of artificial intelligence to predict security threats and proffer solutions. Akinwuntan, who made this assertion at a webinar themed, “Cyber threat Landscape:...

April 2, 2021 No Responses

FBN Holdings Declares N89.7b Profit, N7.7tri Total Assets For 2020

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — For the financial year ended December 31, 2020, FBN Holdings Plc has announced a profit of N89.7 billion, indicating an increase of 21.8 per cent. In its 2020 audited result, FBN Holdings explained on ...

April 2, 2021 No Responses

UBA Assures Shareholders Of impressive Performance, Explains N7.7tri Assets

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc on Thursday assured its shareholders and investors of enhanced returns on investments in the coming months. This, the bank said, followed its establishment of a diversified business model that would ensure impressive performanc...

March 24, 2021 No Responses

Ecobank Group Declares N641.8b Revenue, N33.7b Profit In 2020

For the financial year ended December 31, 2020, Ecobank Group attained N641.8 billion revenue, representing nine per cent increase compared with N586.9b posted in the corresponding period of 2019. Audited report submitted to the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) on...

March 17, 2021 No Responses

Zenith Bank Shareholders Okay N94.19b Total Dividend For 2020

Shareholders of Zenith Bank Plc, on Tuesday, approved proposed final dividend of N2.70 per share, bringing total dividend for the 2020 financial year to N3 per share, amounting to N94.19 billion. According to th...

March 8, 2021 No Responses

SEC Nigeria, AfDB Seal $400,000 Grant Agreement

The Securities and Exchange Commisssion (SEC) has signed $400,000 grant agreement with African Development Bank (AfDB) a part of measures to strengthen securities market regulation and broaden market instruments. Speaking during the virt...

March 8, 2021 No Responses

FirstBank Unveils First SME Account

First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, has announced its SME specific accounts designed to reinforce the Bank’s role in putting SME’s at an advantage whilst contributing to national growth and ...

March 6, 2021 No Responses

FirstBank Unveils First Global Transfer To Ease Cross-Border Payments

First Bank of Nigeria Ltd has unveiled First Global Transfer (FGT) to promote international transfer of funds across its subsidiaries in sub-Saharan Africa. FirstBank Chief Executive Officer, Dr Adesola Adeduntan, disclosed this in a statement on Friday....