Managers of Wealth Africa

FirstBank grows African presence: Unveils FBNBank Guinea

FBNBank Guinea is strategically positioned to foster greater collaboration and provide better service for the country’s public and private sector clients

StanChart eyes insurance business

Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Limited has launched an insurance agency business

Union Bank Focuses on Proactive Risk Management

Group Managing Director of Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, Mr. Emeka Emuwa has said the bank is focusing on proactive risk management

China's Growing Power in Africa Standard Bank Host Chinese Business Forum

The bank itself is 20% owned by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world’s largest state-controlled bank.

African Bank CEO designate to put things right

African Bank on Thursday reported a R9.3 billion loss for the 12 months to September 2014

Zenith Bank Wins Awards

The excellent quality services and strong corporate governance of Zenith Bank Plc have attracted international recognition as the bank has won two awards in the Global Banking & Finance Review awards for 2015

Bank M Wins Award as the Best Commercial Bank in Tanzania

Bank M Tanzania Plc received the Best Commercial Bank Tanzania 2015 award

African Bank CEO Kirkinis was paid a salary as lender collapsed

Leon Kirkinis, former chief executive officer of African Bank Investments Ltd., which failed in August, received 3.6% less in compensation for 2014

GHANA: Banks warns public of cheque fraudsters

Commercial banks, on Thursday, warned the public against the gradual increment in cheque fraud.

Bank plans incentives to attract savings from students

Partners CBN on financial literacy campaign

Kenyan banks reap good returns in Tanzania and South Sudan

The bulk of subsidiaries of Kenyan banks are in Uganda, but the lenders are making more profit in Tanzania and South Sudan, a report has shown.

Sending money out of SA set to become easier and cheaper

An exemption to a financial intelligence law will reduce the cost and lessen the bureaucracy involved in transferring cash across the border.

Nigeria's Diamond Bank Reaches the Underbanked

This article is part of a series of profiles of Bank Technology News' 2015 Digital Bankers of the Year.

Kenya: Chase Bank and Rabo in PPP Deal

Chase Bank (Kenya) Limited and Rabo Development on Monday signed a Technical Assistance Agreement to increase access to financial services in Kenya under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Framework.

Standard Bank board votes to open new Ivory Coast branch

The bank, Africa's biggest lender by assets, opened a representative office in Ivory Coast's commercial capital Abidjan in early 2014.

Zimbabwe: Zim Will Grow Again - Stanchart Boss

We are bringing technology and we want to make sure that this franchise (Zimbabwe) is healthy as much as possible.

Bank of Tanzania wins top risk compliance award

BoT won the award following successful implementation of Governance Risk Compliance project

Ecobank To Sell Nigerian Stake By Year End

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) has said it plans to sell part of its stake in its Nigerian entity, Ecobank Nigeria, by the end of the year even as it may end its battle against its former chief executive officer, Thierry Tanoh, through an out-of

The most expensive bank in South Africa

FNB is the last of South Africa’s big banks to update its fee structures for the 2015/16 period, as the other banks update with prices effective from January, and Capitec in March.

Steward Bank launches correspondence banking

Steward Bank has introduced the correspondence banking concept, adding to its existing range of innovations in the Zimbabwean banking industry

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