02/24/2014

RepRisk releases Special Report on MINT Countries

After Jim O’Neill of Goldman Sachs coined the acronym “BRIC” to refer to top emerging markets Brazil, Russia, India and China, he has now popularized “MINT” – Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey as a second category.

02/20/2014

First Bank partners Hong Kong for business expansion

First bank, the largest financial service institution in Nigeria, has partnered with Hong Kong in the Invest Hong Kong programme with the interest of expanding various Nigerian businesses abroad.

02/12/2014

TORQUE: Banks laughing all way to the bank

The only conclusions must be two-fold: first, that they are comfortable applying the identical interest rate above the repo rate imposed by the Reserve Bank and, second, that there aren’t enough of them around to impel competition.

02/11/2014

Coutts Insights: Emerging-m​arket crisis is just talk

Many people are suggesting that the recent volatility in emerging markets will trigger a repeat of the 1994 or 1998 crises. We don’t think this is the case. This is not an emerging world in huge debt to the rest of the world – and in fact some

02/11/2014

UBA top banks effectively using social media

The objective of the popular ranking, according to the report, is to gain insight into which individuals and brands the public recognize as effective social media advocates and practitioners.