02/13/2015
Work has started to implement the restructuring process of the Bank of Muscat International Offshore in Seychelles announced by the Central Bank of Seychelles in December last year.
02/12/2015
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has set an ambitious target to have a financial services sector that has no distressed banks by the first half of this year
02/11/2015
Recent developments at the South African Revenue Service, which had been one of the government’s strongest institutions, are particularly concerning, Ballim told reporters in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
02/11/2015
Ecobank is compliant with regulatory requirements, including those for liquidity and capital
02/11/2015
Mangudya said the central bank had also set aside $50 million to invest in gold production
02/10/2015
The Emir also praised UBA for offering him a job
02/09/2015
Low growth, business confidence the ‘new normal’.
02/09/2015
A network of secretive banks and offshore tax havens was used to funnel US$182mn in bribes to Nigerian officials in exchange for US$6bn in engineering and construction work for an international consortium of companies that included a then Halliburton subs
02/09/2015
It is expected to take more than 5 000MW out of service on planned maintenance, which will likely hurt local businesses.
02/06/2015
The IMF fears ‘Ecobank’s Nigerian subsidiary in particular is plagued by “poor governance, questionable transactions and an unsustainable operation model.”
02/05/2015
Kenya has one of the most rigid collateral requirements of six emerging markets surveyed by the a team of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and demands the most collateral of the African countries
02/04/2015
Ecobank disputes the jurisdiction of both the Togolese and Ivorian courts over the cases, and has appealed against both decisions.
02/01/2015
Civil society organizations call for African leaders to move quickly to implement recommendations in UNECA report on Illicit Financial Flows
01/27/2015
The capital raising falls in line with Access Bank's five-year corporate strategy plan to be one of the top three banks in the country and the "world's most respected African bank".
01/26/2015
The Central Bank of Nigeria has issued a directive requiring all deposit money banks to implement two factor authentication for internal processes this year.
01/26/2015
The order stems from a suit brought by Tanoh concerning events
01/22/2015
Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa said he was confident that Zimbabwe complies with international standards set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to curb the illicit flow of money.
01/22/2015
Nigeria eased curbs on foreign-exchange trading less than a week after JPMorgan Chase & Co. said it may remove the country’s debt from some indexes because of a liquidity crunch.
01/21/2015
The International Monetary Fund has called on SA to introduce deposit insurance to provide a safety net for customers if their bank fails, and to protect the overall financial system.
01/20/2015
The award is an acknowledgement of the bank’s strong corporate governance practices, commitment to high standards of ethical leadership and compliance with regulatory standards.