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Paternity Scandal: FCMB Adam Nuru Proceeds on Voluntary Leave to Allow Independent…
The embattled Managing Director of First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Mr. Adam Nuru has reportedly volunteered to…
Nigeria: Bank Customers Condemn Vilifying Posts About FCMB On Social Media
The Bank Customers Association of Nigeria (BCAN) late Sunday detested in unequivocal terms the attempt by some…
Nigeria’s Apex Bank Bans Mobile Money Operators From Receiving Remittances
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has suspended Mobile Money Operators, Payment Switch providers from receiving…
Nigerian Banks Issues Disclaimer Against Azimo Money Transfer
Nigerian Banks have issued disclaimers against Azimo, a money transfer application that claims to facilitate global…
Nigeria Needs More Naira Reform For $1.5 Bln World Bank Loan, Country Director…
The World Bank needs Nigeria to strengthen reforms of its currency, the naira, before it can approve a $1.5…
‘Polaris Bank Paying Dollars To Money Transfer’s Beneficiaries’
POLARIS Bank has started the payment of dollars to beneficiaries of money transfer across all its branches.
The…
Nigeria’s Banks Grapple With Covid-19 And Oil Price Slump
Nigeria has sunk into its second recession in less than five years as the Covid-19 pandemic and oil price crash…
Why CBN Licensed Payment Service Banks
Bank account ownership is quite compulsory in many developed countries of the world. Research shows that nearly…
COVID-19: Economic Crisis May Cause Banks To Fail Stress-Tests
The coronavirus pandemic has deeply impacted the situation in the world – especially the economic one. A lot of…
How Nigeria’s New Banks Law, BOFIA, Will Impact Financial Sector
In assenting into law of the BOFIA 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari said the new legislation represents a…
Four Key Risks Could Make 2021 The Toughest Year For Banks Since 2009, Says…
S&P Global Ratings warned that banks could face their toughest year since the aftermath of the global financial…
Nigeria To Tap $750 Mln World Bank Loan For Local Regions
Nigeria is in the process of accessing a $750 million World Bank loan to enable local states to support vulnerable…
Wealthy Nigerians Seek To Secure Future With Dominica’s Citizenship By…
LONDON, Nov. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- With a looming recession, inflation on the rise and a lack of security, high…
Banks’ Patronage At CBN’s Liquidity Window Drops To N48b
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that daily patronage of the Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) by…
Banks’ Borrowings From CBN Crashes By 93%
MONEY MARKET
Deposit Money Banks’ reliance on the loans from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) fell sharply by…
Nigerian Banks To Fail Stress Tests Should Economic Slump Deepen
Nigerian lenders will drop below minimum capital buffers required by regulators should the economy shrink further…
Mutual Funds Are Next Big Thing In Nigerian Finance’
Mutual Funds are gaining wide acceptance in Nigeria’s investment climate, with savvy investors choosing the…
Nigeria And Digital Banking
I often wonder about the wind of change that is sweeping across the Nigerian banking industry, especially the…
How Fintech Companies Revolutionised Banking
The advent of financial technology (fintech) companies have changed the dynamics in the nation’s banking and…
Bank Of Canada Holds Rate Steady, Says COVID-19 Economic Recovery Likely By 2022
OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada kept its key interest rate on hold Wednesday as it said the country's economy won't…
Bank Of England Gives Banks Breathing Space Over Crisis Plans
Britain’s main banks will have extra time before they have to say publicly how they could be closed down in a…
Bank Closure Leaves Customers Stranded In Abakaliki
The continued closure of commercial banks in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, in the wake of the violent…
Bank To Commence BVN Registration For 774,000 SPW Jobs
Heritage Bank Plc has said it is set to commence the account opening with Bank Verification Numbers for the…
Court Vacates N24b Order Against Central Bank Of Nigeria
A Federal High Court in Abuja has set aside an order against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in respect of a…
Morgan Stanley Dares To Share With Bankers’ Pay
Morgan Stanley is making more, and paying more. Logical as that sounds, it’s also rather daring. Handing over big…
Exclusive: Second Sovereign Downgrade Wave Coming, Major Nations At Risk –…
Some of the world’s top economies could see their credit ratings cut or put on downgrade warnings in the coming…
Banking Sector Credit Rises To N18.90tn Nationwide
The total banking industry credit to customers in the 36 states of the federation and Federal Capital Territory…
Bank Offers Salary Advance To Non-Customers
Polaris Bank has re-launched its popular Salary Advance with an added capability of enabling non-account holders to…
Coronavirus Accelerates Nigeria’s Digital Banking Push
Civil servant Amos Dam is frustrated after waiting two hours to enter a bank in Nigeria’s capital Abuja. He is one…
Bank Of England Denies Negative Interest Rate Hint
Bank of England (BOE) governor Andrew Bailey has denied that the central bank’s latest policy statement implied…