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- 29 Sept 2024
Polaris Bank emerges Nigeria’s top bank in MSME lending
Nigeria’s leading digital retail commercial bank, Polaris Bank was adjudged at the weekend as Nigeria’s topmost bank in lending to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). The award…
- 28 Jun 2022
Nigeria Healthcare Excellence Awards: Sterling Bank, Recognizes Nigeria's Healthcare Champions
Sterling Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading commercial bank, has given special recognition awards to healthcare providers who played leading roles in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. L-R : Head,…
- 7 Aug 2020
Standard Chartered Unveils Premium Banking In Nigeria
Standard Chartered Bank (Nigeria) has launched its Premium Banking segment in Nigeria. The segment is designed to cater to the financial needs of the Emerging Affluent providing a wide variety of…
- 31 Aug 2025
Union Bank of Nigeria Completes Merger with Titan Trust Bank
Union Bank of Nigeria, one of the nation’s longest standing financial institutions, today announced the successful completion of its merger with Titan Trust Bank Limited, following final approval…
- 25 Jun 2025
Keystone Bank, Enterprise Devt Centre Sign MoU To Empower SMEs ln Nigeria
Keystone Bank Limited and the Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) of Pan-Atlantic University have signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs),…
- 20 Feb 2018
MDXi Emerges Toast of Banks in Data Centre Outsourcing
MDXi Data Centre, a subsidiary of MainOne Cable Company has become the toast of money deposit banks in the country in outsourcing of their data centre services as directed by Central Bank of Nigeria…
- 1 Jun 2014
Banks Get 3 Years to Implement Data Centre Standard
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has given money deposit banks in the country till 2017 to adopt tier 3 data centre standard, a global standard based on availability specifications for data centres,…
- 16 Jan 2023
Customers of Banks in Nigeria Lose N1.17Bn in Q2 of 2022- FITC
Bank customers in Nigeria lost a total of N1.17 billion in the second quarter of 2022, according to a report by Financial Institute Training Centre (FITC). FITC is a non-profit professional…
- 26 Sept 2025
Amaanah Finance Company Gets CBN’s Licenses to Offer Non-Interest Banking in Nigeria
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has granted an operational license to Amaanah Finance Company, authorising it to operate as a non-interest finance provider, a financial system that operates on profit…
- 11 Oct 2024
Huawei Plans Data Centre in Nigeria to Boost Local Cloud Capabilities
Huawei Technologies, a Chinese information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure provider, has unveiled plans to launch a significant new data centre in Nigeria, a move that is expected…
- 26 Sept 2022
Development Bank of Nigeria to Hold its 3rd Annual Lecture Series
Development Bank of Nigeria Plc, Nigeria’s first wholesale development finance institution is set to hold its 3rd annual lecture series, a thought leadership initiative that provides a platform for a…
- 3 Sept 2020
KPMG Decries Poor Digital Capabilities of Nigerian Banks
A recent study on the digital capabilities of the Nigeria banking industry carried out by KPMG Nigeria has revealed that most of the banks in the country lacked the ability to onboard a customer with…
- 2 Jul 2026
Beyond Capital: AI, RegTech to Define Nigeria's Banking Future – NITDA DG
Kashifu Inuwa, director general of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has said the next phase of growth for Nigeria's banking sector will be driven less by capital…
- 28 Jun 2026
OADC Reaffirms Abundant Capacity in Data Centres in Nigeria to Host Financial Data
Ayotunde Coker, managing director, Open Access Data Centres has reiterated availability of abundant capacity and world-class infrastructure in key data centres in Nigeria. This is coming against the…
- 11 Feb 2025
Afreximbank Invests $52bn in Nigeria, Plans Energy Bank
The African Export-Import Bank (AFREXIMBANK) has invested a total of $52 billion in Nigeria, making the country the largest recipient of the bank’s trade and development financing. Prof. Benedict…
- 5 Mar 2026
SmartCash Launches ‘No Be Cho Cho Cho’ Campaign to Boost Digital Banking in Nigeria
Smartcash Payment Service Bank (PSB), the Airtel-owned digital financial services platform, has unveiled a nationwide marketing campaign titled “No Be Cho Cho Cho”, signalling a strategic shift…
- 9 Aug 2026
Interswitch, Temenos Commit to Advancing Nigeria’s Digital Banking Technology
Interswitch Group, an integrated digital payments and commerce company, together with global banking software provider, Temenos have reassured the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) of their commitment to…
- 8 Jan 2014
Nigeria Ripe For Agency Banking- Bickersteth
One Network, an industry-focused organisation, recognised by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as agent manager, has said that Nigeria is overdue for Agent Bank scheme. The Company providing agent…
- 17 May 2024
TI-Nigeria Boss Alleges Nigerian Banks Offer Opportunities for Terrorism Tinancing
Awual Rafsanjani, executive director, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and head, Transparency International in Nigeria (TI-Nigeria), has accused banks of offering opportunities for…
- 23 Jul 2026
UBA Wins Nigeria's Best ESG, Retail Bank Awards @ 2026 Euromoney Awards
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has been named Nigeria's Best Bank for Retail Banking and Best Bank for Sustainability Leadership (ESG) at the 2026 Euromoney Awards for Excellence, reinforcing its…
- 31 Mar 2020
ADC Ranks Africa Data Centres, As Nigeria Shows Growth Potentials
Africa Data Centres, the pan-African network of vendor-and carrier-neutral datacentres, has ranked Kenya in second place just behind South Africa in terms of the growth and development of its…
- 13 Oct 2020
Eni Seeks World Bank Arbitration in Nigeria Oilfield Dispute
ENI.MI has filed a request for arbitration against Nigeria at the World Bank's dispute settlement body and plans to argue that the country's failure to allow it to exploit an oilfield it acquired…
- 1 Aug 2018
MTN Nigeria, Other Telcos And Banks Support NIBSS For The Relaunch Of mCash
MTN Nigeria along with sixteen banks and all major mobile telcos, came together for the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Systems’ relaunch of mCASH this week. The event held at The Orchids, Eko…
- 9 Aug 2021
AfDB Plans $500m Fund Injection in Tech-Centred MSMEs in Nigeria
Federal government of Nigeria has disclosed that the African Development Bank (AfDB) will be supporting its efforts to aid Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) with $500 million. This was disclosed…
- 26 Oct 2015
Newgen Software Supports Union Bank Central Processing Centre
Newgen Software, a leading global provider of Business Process Management (BPM), Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Customer Communication Management (CCM), and Adaptive Case Management (ACM)…
- 28 Oct 2025
PalmPay Supports Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre 2025 Cybersecurity Awareness Walk
PalmPay, a Nigerian leading digital banking platform, supported the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC) during its Cybersecurity Awareness Walk held in Abuja as part of…
- 19 Feb 2016
FirstBank Sustainability Centre Hosts Sustainability Workshop for NGOs
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s most valuable bank brand through its Sustainability programme, FirstBank Sustainability Centre in partnership with the Lagos Business School is hosting a…
- 12 May 2017
No Sick Bank in Nigeria- NDIC
Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim, managing director and chief executive, Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), has dismissed rumours making the round that some banks in the country are distressed.…
- 1 Nov 2020
Global InfoSwift Drives Ominichannel Digital Banking Experience in Nigeria
Global InfoSwift (CR2) has expressed its determination to assist banks improve their digital banking portfolio through robust ominichannel solutions. Afolabi Oke, managing director, Global InfoSwift…
- 6 Oct 2020
Tech Experience Centre excites Corporate Nigeria
Thursday 1st October, 2020 was celebrated in Lagos with the launch of the Tech Experience Centre, a revolutionary technology project spearheaded by TD Africa – Sub-Saharan Africa’s foremost tech,…