11/15/2013
The Chartered Institute of Bankers, through the Education Ministry, is finalizing a bill that will accord it a strong legal backing to run professional qualifications for banking practice in Ghana.
10/28/2013
The Public Investment Corp., Africa’s largest asset manager, said South African consumers have been hurt by the practices of some lenders that provide credit not backed by assets.
10/26/2013
Union Bank of Nigeria has informed the Nigerian Stock Exchange that the Central Bank of Nigeria has approved its compliance plans with CBN's Regulation 3 on the Scope of Banking Activities and Ancillary Matters.
10/17/2013
Higher reserve requirements, tighter monetary policy and regulation aimed at lowering fees and increasing competition will crimp the ability of the industry
10/09/2013
The Bank of Ghana has commended UBA Ghana, a subsidiary of Nigeria’s based UBA Plc, for instituting a robust risk management system which led to zero infractions on regulatory provisions on the part of the bank in Ghana.
10/08/2013
The Governor, Bank of Ghana, the country’s apex financial regulatory institution, Henry Kofi Wampah, recently in Accra, praised UBA Ghana, for instituting a robust risk management system
10/02/2013
South Africa's African Bank Investments said on Thursday it had agreed to a fine of 20 million rand to settle an investigation into reckless lending by the credit regulator.
10/01/2013
The irony of Ecobank’s participation on a panel at the PRI in Person conference in Cape Town this week was lost on most delegates.
09/01/2013
The SEC said that “The investor deposited the sum of N300, 000 with the operator under a Portfolio Investment Agreement for a tenor of 3 years.
08/27/2013
The rules, known as Basel III, are the main global response to undercapitalized banks
08/24/2013
The Bank of Ghana has stated that money laundering and terrorist financing have become a herculean challenge in the country’s economy, particularly in the banking sector.
08/08/2013
The Financial Conduct Authority has fined Guaranty Trust Bank (UK) Ltd (GT Bank) £525,000 for failings in its anti-money laundering (AML) controls for high risk customers between May 2008 and June 2010.
07/14/2013
Tier-1 banks last year recorded gross earnings in excess of N200billion
07/02/2013
The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, is on the verge of developing a whistle blowing mechanism that would further guarantee investors' confidence in the capital market.
07/01/2013
The world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock remains committed to expanding its business in South Africa despite the recent market sell-off.
06/27/2013
East African Community states are in talks to determine how the common market will be implemented in the insurance industry.
06/27/2013
A Sierra Leonean, Claudius Williams-Tucker has been selected by an accounting firm KPMG as Lead Reviewer of the South African KPMG practice which is the biggest practice in Africa.
06/26/2013
The International Organisation of Securities Commission (IOSCO) has issued a report outlining how it wants exchange traded investment vehicles regulated globally.
06/20/2013
SOUTH Africa’s central securities depositary, Strate, which is under pressure from data vendors to continue supplying shareholder information, has requested the Financial Services Board (
06/18/2013
Mr Peter Harris has accused the majority shareholder Naushad Merali, of breaking a Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) rules on good governance independence.