01/13/2016
The Bank of Ghana is to intensify its intelligence network and review the entire process of licensing new Microfinance Institutions to improve surveillance of the micro-finance landscape.
01/12/2016
The much-awaited reforms, expected to boost operations of banks in the country, were passed by the Parliament last Wednesday.
01/11/2016
The Bank intends to improve collaboration with law enforcement agencies to deal swiftly with illegal financial service providers and intensify public education on financial literacy to avoid miscommunication.
01/06/2016
It also announced new measures to restrict foreign businesses from operating in reserved areas such as retail and agriculture.
01/06/2016
In a day in which the penny dropped on racism in South Africa, Standard Bank dropped another bomb to announce the suspension of economist Chris Hart.
01/04/2016
Kenya Commercial Bank Limited owner of KCB Kenya has been approved by the Central Bank of Kenya as a non-operating holding company.
01/04/2016
The capital market regulators broke the 55-year analogue settlement jinx with an automated real-time payment regime.
01/04/2016
The accrued pension rights, he said, has denied many retirees of their pension benefits.
12/29/2015
The BoG expressed concern at some major lapses which continue to occur in the operations of RCBs despite the steady performance and several initiatives taken to address them.
12/29/2015
Some of the issues that played out in the business and economic landscape in Nigeria in 2015 include the enforcement of rules by various regulatory agencies and the corresponding revenue implications amidst the falling returns from oil export, writes Fest
12/27/2015
But something else happened as a result of his intervention—the centre of gravity of retail banking in Nigeria quietly shifted.
12/23/2015
It is a stance that is tough but necessary to ensure strict compliance with our fiduciary duties to all our stakeholders
12/23/2015
The Cyprus Central Bank placed FBME's Cyprus branch under administration last year.
12/22/2015
Africa's largest economy has spent billions of dollars propping up the currency since it fixed the exchange rate in February
12/16/2015
Insurance brokers, who fall short of integrity, have been convicted by courts of law
12/15/2015
Rules are also established with regard to the calculation of income tax
12/14/2015
In South Africa, the continent’s most globally integrated economy, cheap gold and iron-ore prices and poor political leadership have dragged growth down to 1.4% this year
12/14/2015
Zuma dismissed Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene on Wednesday.
12/11/2015
National Bank of Kenya Managing Director Munir Ahmed
12/09/2015
Public pressure has mounted on President Uhuru Kenyatta to deal with corruption after a spate of media reports about inflated government contracts and outright theft of funds by officials in other cases.