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December 14, 2020 No Responses

FirstBank Harps On Financial Inclusion, Joins SME Finance Forum

First Bank has canvassed more efforts to promote financial inclusion for Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) as part of measures to grow the economy despite the ravaging effects of COVID-19. Meanwhile, the Bank has announced that it has joined the SME Finance Forum. Deputy Managing Director of the....

December 11, 2020 No Responses

Ecobank MD, Others List Opportunities In Digital Financial Inclusion

Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan has said the biggest growth opportunities in digital financial inclusion lies in the ability to combine the mobile phone, cards and agency banking services in the most cost effective and convenient way to ...

December 7, 2020 No Responses

Shareholders Back GTBank’s Planned HoldCo Structure

The shareholders of Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank) have approved the Holding Company (HoldCo) structure for the bank, as they expressed excitement over the benefits they would gain from the new structure. The shareholders in a statement on Sunday gave t...

December 1, 2020 No Responses

UBA Wins Best Bank Of The Year, International Bank Of The Year Awards

Pan-African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, carted two highly coveted laurels at the BusinessDay’s Bank and other Financial Institutions Awards (BAFI) winning the Bank of the Year and the International Bank of the Year at the glamoro...

December 1, 2020 No Responses

Ecobank Nigeria Unveils Smart SME Agency Banking Campaign

Ecobank Nigeria has launched Smart Small And Medium Enterprise (SME) Agency Banking campaign targeted at empowering 100,000 entrepreneurs under the Ecobank SME and Agency Banking proposition. Emeka Agada, Head of SME, Ecobank Nigeria, said the initiative was i...

December 1, 2020 No Responses

Fidelity Bank Wins Commercial Bank of the Year As Okonkwo Bags CEO Of The Decade Award

Fidelity Bank Plc at the weekend clinched the award for Commercial Bank of the Year at the 2020 edition of BusinessDay Banks and Other Financial Institutions (BAFI) Awards held in Lagos. The bank won the award in recognition of its support for e...

November 30, 2020 No Responses

FirstBank Unveils Next Generation ATM

In the light of COVID-19, FirstBank has launched the FastTrack ATM, a Next Generation ATM and first of its kind in Africa, designed to promote financial activities on the ATM devoid of any form of physical interaction with the machine....

November 19, 2020 No Responses

Sterling Bank Unveils Single-Digit Agribusiness Facility For Women, Youths

Sterling Bank Plc on Wednesday launched a new product, Sterling Women and Youths in Agriculture Finance code (SWAY-AgFin), to provide low-cost financing at single-digit rates to young men and women entrepreneurs in the agribusiness value chain across the count...

November 16, 2020 No Responses

Ecobank To Partner Ogun On Agriculture, Empowerment, Health

Ecobank Nigeria is to partner and collaborate with Ogun State Government in various sectors of the economy. Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan made the pledge at the Executive Council chambers of the Governor’s office, Oke-mosan, Ab...

November 14, 2020 No Responses

UBA Unveils Products To Drive Retail Banking

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, on Friday, committed to delivering superior and innovative banking solutions to its over 20 million customers around 20 African countries The bank also unveiled some products designed to drive its retail banking business as...

November 10, 2020 No Responses

GTBank Emerges 2020 Best Digital Bank In Nigeria

A research and credit rating agency, Agusto & Co, on Monday disclosed that GTBank Plc ranked highest in user experience in the third edition of consumer banking satisfaction index. Senior Analyst, Financial Institutions Ratings, Agusto & Co, Mrs Mariam...

November 2, 2020 No Responses

Ecobank Restates Commitment To AfCFTA

The Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan has said the bank is prepared to partner with other organizations to explore the opportunities available in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Akinwuntan in his remark at an event ...

October 29, 2020 No Responses

Sterling Bank Unveils ‘Switch’ Free Money Transfer Service For Nigerians In Diaspora

Sterling Bank Plc has launched “a free money transfer service” for Nigerians in diaspora, called ‘Switch’, to promote financial inclusion, international banking and allied services for such Nigerians. In a statement on Wednesday, Mr Shina Atilola, Ster...

October 20, 2020 No Responses

Fidelity Bank Wins SME Support Bank Award

Fidelity Bank Plc has added yet another accolade to its burgeoning collection of awards. The bank, in recognition of its unflinching support for Micro Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country, clinched the award for the ‘Outstanding SME...