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Indian Tycoon Gautam Adani Makes Record $16.2 Billion In Pandemic Year
Indian tycoon Gautam Adani has added more billions to his wealth than any one else in the world this year.
The…
Manufacturers Unable To Access Central Bank Of Nigeria’s N1tn Stimulus…
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has lamented the difficulty in accessing the Central Bank’s N1tn COVID-19…
Deutsche Bank 2020 Bonuses Jump 29% As Bank Turns Profit
Deutsche Bank paid 29% more in bonuses for the past year, the lender said on Friday, rewarding staff for a pandemic…
Nigerian Banks To Stop “Instant Completion” For Forex Transfers Online
Commercial Banks in Nigeria are informing customers that they can no longer make instant online transfers out…
Central Bank Of Nigeria’s NIRSAL Reopens Portal For MSMEs, Individuals To Access…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), through NIRSAL Microfinance Bank, has reopened its portal for Micro Small and…
Two Out Of Five Bank Workers Are Contract Staff – NBS
Two out of every five people working in Nigerian banks are contract staff, analysis of data provided by the…
FCMB Introduces Paperless And Cardless Transactions At Branches, ATMs And POS…
Customers of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) can now seamlessly carry out an array of transactions with just their…
Japan Picks Nomura Asset CEO To Join Central Bank Board
Nakagawa would join a Bank of Japan (BOJ) board split between members who see more room to ramp up stimulus, and…
Banks Woo Customers With New Central Bank Of Nigeria ‘Naira-4-Dollar’ Policy
Deposit Money Banks on Sunday started wooing customers ahead of the commencement of the latest ‘Naira-for-Dollar’…
Breakdown Of Modalities To The New Central Bank Diaspora Forex Remittances
In what appears to be an attempt to incentivize dollar remittances by all means possible, the Central Bank of…
Central Bank Of Nigeria Introduces ‘Naira 4 Dollar Scheme’ For Diaspora…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced the introduction of “CBN Naira 4 Dollar Scheme”, an incentive for…
Manufacturing Firms Borrowed N570bn From Banks In 2020 – CBN
Manufacturing firms borrowed a total of N570bn from Nigerian banks last year amid the economic fallout of the…
China Tells Banks To Scale Back Lending To Contain Financial Bubble Risks: Sources
China’s regulators are telling banks to trim their loan books this year to guard against risks emerging from…
Bank Of Japan Shares Hit Upper Limit For Fourth Session, Nearly Doubling This Week
Shares in the Bank of Japan, one of only a handful of central banks that are publicly listed, hit their upper limit…
African Development Bank Backs Digital Currencies, Seeks Gender Inclusion
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has thrown its weight behind digital currencies, putting in motion a machinery…
European Central Bank Has Flexibility To Counter Undesired Yield Rise: De Guindos
The European Central Bank has the flexibility to counter any undesired rise in bond yields, the bank’s vice…
Bank Of England Official Warns Inflationary ‘Tiger’ Has Awoken, Sending Bond…
U.K. bond yields rose on Friday after Bank of England Chief Economist Andy Haldane warned that…
Federal Government Seeks Asset Manager For N15tn Infraco Fraud
The federal government plans to hire an asset manager for its new Infrastructure Development Company (Infraco),…
Nationwide Outage Hits Fed Reserve Banking System
Yahoo Finance's Brian Cheung joined Yahoo Finance Live to break down the details of Powell testifying on Capitol…
Deutsche Bank And Mastercard To Deepen Cooperation On Payments
Deutsche Bank and Mastercard said on Wednesday they would deepen their collaboration as the German lender aims for…
Savers Hunt For Higher Returns Outside Banks
Currency outside the banking system has in the past 10 years risen by over one hundred percent (100.40%), an…
Hike In Rates May Mark End To Cheap Consumer Credit
It was a Saturday morning when Olarika Abioye (not real name) got an unexpected message from her bank, Guaranty…
Former BOJ Executive Calls For ‘Genuine’ Review Of Central Bank…
The Bank of Japan must abandon the view it can influence public perceptions with monetary policy and conduct a…
Lloyds Profits Fall As It Targets Wealth Push
Lloyds Banking Group reported a sharp fall in profits for 2020 but resumed paying a dividend, as outgoing CEO…
Exclusive: Top Banks Asked To Justify Why They Still Clear Euro Swaps In London
Europe’s top banks must justify why they should not have to shift clearing of euro-denominated derivatives worth…
Exclusive: South African Upstart Bank Teams Up With JG Summit To Expand Into…
South African digital bank Tyme has raised $110 million in private capital and linked up with JG Summit, one of the…
Jack Ma’s Ant Group Was The Next Big Thing. Now It May Become Just A Boring…
ack Ma's Ant Group quickly became one of China's most powerful companies, and its plans for bridging the worlds…
Nigerian Banks Turning Female Marketers To Sexual Slaves – Senator
The Nigerian Senate, on Thursday, considered a bill seeking to stop employers in the private and public sectors…
Central Bank ‘Punch Bowl’ Still Brimming For Markets
Central bank support for pandemic-hit economies looks to endure well past the recovery in output, leaving investors…
Credit Suisse Targets Lending Volume After Better-Than-Expected Fourth-Quarter…
Credit Suisse on Thursday said it plans to up lending volume and capitalise on a boom in share listings, to shore…