Managers of Wealth Africa

Bank Employee Sells Personal Data of 200,000 Clients

Financial details including PIN codes and passwords were not compromised by the data theft.

UBA Group Subsidiaries Win Bank of the Year Awards

The 2020 edition of the awards ceremony was held virtually yesterday, and the exceptional win makes it the second time ever in the history of the banker awards, that any banking group will be clinching as many as six wins in the same year.

Ecobank Group wins Awards from EMEA Finance, The Banker and Global Finance

The award of ‘Outstanding Crisis Leadership – Finance & Business’ was awarded to Ecobank by Global Finance

Kenya dumps costly syndicated loans to ease debt burden

Syndicated loans are provided by a group of lenders, rather than a single financial institution, to spread the risk of default.

Rein in banks too over mobile loans, CBK told

Digital lending apps by local commercial banks, including products such as Fuliza, Mshwari and KCB M-Pesa, account for a substantial chunk of mobile loans.

Ecobank Group wins Awards from EMEA Finance, The Banker and Global Finance

We are now positioning our payments business as an enabler of trade and payments across Africa.

Standard Bank’s new fees and account changes for 2021

This means that its customers can use any ATM near to them and only pay the standard ATM banking fee, which has been reduced to R10 per R1,000.”

SA’s large unlisted retailers resilient while SMEs close doors – property fund

SMEs in urban centres are under pressure, while those in the township and rural centres are faring better in comparison.

UBA: Becoming Depositors’ Favourite

They must have high level of confidence in such a bank and United Bank of Africa Plc has become one of the preferred institutions by depositors.

Fidelity Bank wins Commercial Bank of the Year

As Okonkwo, LAPO founder bag CEO of the Decade Award

UBA wins Best Bank of the Year, International Bank of the Year at BAFI Awards

UBA won the ‘Bank of the Year’ in recognition of UBA’s consistent effort in outperforming its peers using a composite of financial metrics, strategic foresight, execution discipline, world-class governance and global vision.

Nigeria Banks Profits N654.23bn Income from Treasury Bills as Free Money Ends

The yield on Nigeria’s government bond due 2026 fell to 6.7 percent, compared with more than 14 percent a year ago.

Global Retail Banking Innovation: Bank One bags “Credit Card of the Year” title

Bank One launched the first cashback credit cards in Mauritius back in 2019

COVID-19: FirstBank launches next-generation ATM, spearheads innovation in electronic banking in Nigeria

By using one’s phone, the transaction is carried out – in advance – through the Bank’s USSD or mobile banking option.

Standard Bank Nine-Month EPS Falls 39%

Standard Bank said it still hasn't made a decision on whether to pay a final dividend this year.

Banks’ Profits Rise to N677bn Despite COVID-19 Harsh Conditions

The results were compiled by THISDAY from their respective nine-month reports for the period, which the banks presented to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).

South African banks welcome global award on forex

The winners were selected from 122 countries and districts globally using criteria which included transaction volumes, market share, scope of global coverage, customer service, competitive pricing and innovative technologies.

Standard Bank points to ‘pockets of pressure’ in personal & business banking unit

Across most of the countries in which the group operates in sub-Saharan Africa, infection rates and lockdowns have moderated, and economic activity has recovered.

KCB grosses $10b in assets, eyes buyouts in DRC, Et

Last year, KCB Group acquired the struggling state-owned National Bank of Kenya (NBK) and took over the good assets of Imperial Bank which was put under receivership by the Central Bank of Kenya on October 13, 2015.

Women account for 30pc of Stanbic first-time mortgages

The CBK data shows that mortgages recorded the highest growth in non-performing loans last year from Sh27.2 billion in 2017, reflecting the struggle by investors to find buyers for their houses amid dwindling returns.