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Bank Of Japan Board Reshuffle Brings In Less Dovish Member.
The Bank of Japan has reshuffled its board and brought in a new member seen as more keen to end ultra-low interest…
Alpha Bank To Sell Bad Loan Portfolio To Hoist Finance.
Alpha Bank (ACBr.AT), one of Greece's four largest lenders, said it signed a binding agreement to sell; a 400…
Danish Central Bank Raises key Interest Rate In Wake Of ECB Hike.
Denmark's central bank raised its key interest rate by 0.5% points to minus 0.1%; following a rate hike earlier in…
TrustBanc Raises N5.85bn From Commercial Paper.
TrustBanc Holdings Limited, the parent company of three regulated financial services companies; said it has…
EXCLUSIVE Citi, Raiffeisen, Other Foreign Banks Seek Staff In Russia As They…
Russian divisions of foreign banks, such as Citi and Raiffeisen Bank International (RBIV.VI); have started looking…
Russia Central Bank Proposes Banning Small Investors From Buying Foreign Shares.
Russia's central bank has proposed banning Russians with holdings worth less than $550,000 from buying foreign…
IFC Bets Big On Kenyan Banks.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is channelling billions of shillings into Kenyan small businesses and…
Outcry As CBN Raises Interest Rate Again- Nigeria.
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria raised the Monetary Policy Rate from 13 % to 14%.
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Bank Of America Puts Aside $200 Million For Probe Into Bankers’ Use Of…
Bank of America (BAC.N) has set aside around $200 million for a regulatory matter connected to the unauthorized…
Investment Bank United Capital Reports 41% Profit Surge As Half-Year Revenue Hits…
Revenue for United Capital rose to N9.1 billion after a jump in earnings from fees & commission and other…
Nigeria’s Central Bank Says Both Merchant And Consumer Can Now Present QR Codes…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced a significant adjustment to the Quick Response (QR) Code Framework.…
Fidelity Bank Takes Over Three Discos, FG Intervenes- Nigeria.
The Federal Government announced the takeover of Kano, Benin and Kaduna electricity distribution companies by…
Zenith Bank Again Maintains Position As Nigeria’s Best Commercial Bank, And Best…
Zenith Bank Plc has emerged as the Best Commercial Bank, Nigeria in the World Finance Banking Awards 2022;…
Bank Assets Rise By 21% To N64.32Tn – CBN
Nigerian banks’ total assets rose by N11.15tn in one year to N64.32tn as of the end of April. Figures obtained…
Nigerian adults with bank accounts hit 45% — World Bank
The number of Nigerians with accounts at regulated institutions such as a bank; credit union, microfinance…
Swiss National Bank Spent $6 Bln On Q1 FX Interventions
The Swiss National Bank spent 5.74 billion Swiss francs ($6.01 billion) on foreign currencies during the first…
UTM Offshore, Afreximbank Sign $11.4Bn Financing Deal
African Export-Import Bank has signed a financing deal with UTM Offshore Limited. This deal was signed at its 29th…
Sterling Bank Launches Ethical Investment Platform
Sterling Alternative Finance has launched an ethical investment platform called Altinvest. During the launch in…
Unity Bank Plans N10m Business Grant In Entrepreneur Initiative- Nigeria.
Unity Bank has said it will commence the eight edition of its flagship Entrepreneurial Development Initiative;…
CBN Raises Interest Rate To 13%
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday raised the interest rate to 13% for the first time in two years. The…
Afreximbank’s Payment Solution To Save Traders $5Bn
The African Export-Import Bank has created a payment solution platform, the Pan-African Payment and Settlement…
Rouble Firms Past 52 Against Dollar For First Time Since May 2015
The rouble rallied past 52 against the dollar to a more than a seven-year high on Tuesday as capital controls.…
Aeromexico Shareholders Back Mexico Stock Exchange Exit In Bankruptcy…
Aeromexico said on Tuesday that a majority of its shareholders approved a proposal to exit the main Mexican stock…
UBA Rewards Customers With N16.6m In Promo
Africa’s Global Bank, the United Bank for Africa Plc, has rewarded its loyal customers in its UBA Super Savers…
Wema Bank Launches Innovation Challenge For Kids
Wema Bank Plc has unveiled its Kids’ innovation challenge aimed at encouraging children. This, however, It teaches…
Banks Rally After Stress Test, Bank of America Underperforms
Shares in the biggest U.S. banks rallied after they passed the Federal Reserve's annual health check; but Bank of…
Wema Bank Stock Gains 340% In 6 Months
The NGX Banking index is designed to provide an investable benchmark to capture the performance of the banking…
Central Bank Of Nigeria To Spend $1.7Billion To Clear FX Backlogs By September-IMF
The World Bank has stated that Nigeria’s external reserves expect to decline. As a result, the Central Bank of…
States To Lose N19bn In Oil, Gas Revenues In 2022 – World Bank.
The World Bank has said that Nigerian states will likely lose N18.8bn in oil and gas revenues in 2022. As…
FG, World Bank, AFD To Spend $575m On Rural Roads
The Federal Government has signed a tripartite agreement with the World Bank and the French Development Agency.…