01/25/2019
The merger, if approved by shareholders and regulators, would create Africa’s largest bank by customers – 29 million – and Nigeria’s largest bank by assets, ahead of long-term leader Zenith Bank.
01/22/2019
We now operate in four languages - English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
01/22/2019
What we are trying to do at this stage is to empower these women groups both in the villages
01/22/2019
THIS DAY had reported that the board of the bank would meet to approve the results and final dividend for the year.
01/21/2019
The French bank and Absa combined will span 27 countries in Africa
01/21/2019
The top three rated tier I banks were Equity, followed by Diamond Trust Bank and Standard Chartered.
01/18/2019
Participants would be exposed to skills development resources, access to business networks and an educational platform.
01/18/2019
The aggregate loan book of Nigeria’s banking system is concentrated in two key sectors – services (37%) and oil and gas (23%), together accounting for 60 per cent of the sector’s loan book, though varying across banks, the report stated.
01/18/2019
Access Bank spokesman Amaechi Okobi said he couldn’t immediately comment when contacted by phone.
01/17/2019
"Hands off the Reserve Bank" - says Ramaphosa ahead of the repo rate announcement.
01/17/2019
Kganyago said it was necessary to act then, as delaying the adjustment in interest rates could cause inflation expectations to become entrenched at higher levels.
01/16/2019
It offers short- and medium-term forecasts on the main socio-economic factors such as jobs, while at the same time examining the challenges and progress.
01/16/2019
Tanzania’s financial services sector is dominated by lenders such as CRDB Bank and NMB Bank.
01/16/2019
The driver was a 70.5% q/q surge in merchandise imports, which was explained by the National Bureau of Statistics
01/15/2019
The lenders are of most importance during economic downturns, given that the core of banking is risk management.
01/15/2019
This bank was near bankruptcy after just four years of operation when the government decision came out
01/14/2019
Late last year, Diamond Bank, a tier-1 one lender and Access Bank, a tier-2 financial institution, confirmed that they were coming together to become one.
01/14/2019
The bank has remained strong, maintaing a healthy capital base and cofidence of its customers.
01/14/2019
The regulators created Consolidated Bank Ghana (CBG) to take over their assets
01/14/2019
This required the banks to seek for funds or merge together to meet the new capital base before the December 31, 2018 deadline and First Bank Ghana Limited, a member of the FBN Holdings Plc, met the deadline in order to continue to operate in Ghana.