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- 11 Apr 2022
Nigeria’s Financial Markets Receive Boost from UK-aid via FSD Africa
Nigeria’s financial markets have been boosted by a series of announcements and commitments by Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) Africa, a specialist development agency working to strengthen financial…
- 21 Sept 2020
CSCS Sensitizes Financial Market Stakeholders on Cyber-Security
Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Plc, Nigeria’s capital market infrastructure, sustains cyber-security advocacy as it sensitizes financial market participants on rising rate of cybercrime.…
- 22 Jan 2015
United Capital Releases Nigerian Economy, Financial Markets 2015 Report
United Capital Plc. has released its authoritative and eagerly anticipated Nigerian Economy and Financial Markets 2015 report which provides a detailed review of the Nigerian market in 2014 with…
- 24 Oct 2017
Financial Markets Quiet, Bitcoin In Focus
By Lukman Otunuga, Financial markets appeared relatively quiet on Tuesday, as investors positioned themselves ahead of a multitude of key risk events later in the week. In Asia, stocks concluded…
- 11 Aug 2020
FMDQ says New Companies & Allied Matters Act to Reposition Nigerian Financial Markets
FMDQ Securities Exchange commended the new Companies and Allied Matters Bill 2020 assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari, saying it would reposition Nigeria as a compelling destination of capital.…
- 7 Sept 2017
Financial Markets Gripped By Geopolitics
In this write-up, Lukman Otunuga, research analyst at FXTM, comments on the ongoing geopolitical risks affecting markets. Financial markets were firmly gripped by geopolitical risks on Tuesday, as…
- 2 Mar 2022
AfDB, WAMU sign Agreement to Fund Regional Financial Market Infrastructure
The African Development Bank has signed a grant agreement for an amount of $400,000 with the Dépositaire Central/Banque de Règlement of the West African Monetary Union (WAMU) to modernize the…
- 10 Oct 2019
Mixed Trade Negotiation Signals Rattle Financial Markets
By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist, FXTM Investors across the globe are closely monitoring the high-level US-China trade talks, which will kick off today as China’s Vice Premier Liu He sits on…
- 16 May 2017
FXTM Analysis: Financial Markets Seeking Inspiration
FXTM Research Analyst Lukman Otunuga comments on the current moods of Sterling, WTI and Gold. An eerie calm shrouded the financial markets last week, with global stocks floating near record highs as…
- 20 Jul 2023
ASEA, ECA Sign MOU for Africa Financial Market Development, Integration
The African Securities Exchange Association (ASEA) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) have announced the signing of a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which aims…
- 2 Jul 2019
Global Financial Markets Need Another Bretton Woods – says Luno
July 1 st marked the 75 th anniversary of the start of the Bretton Woods conference, held at Mount Washington Hotel in the United States (1st to 22nd July 1944). The conference created the financial…
- 6 Dec 2016
Financial Markets Gripped by Monday Jitters
Risk aversion intensified during early trading on Monday following reports of Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi experiencing a crushing defeat in the referendum on constitutional reforms which…
- 3 Nov 2016
What Does Trump Win Mean for Financial Markets?
This year, a new answer was born to questions like ‘why is (insert surprising or shocking event) happening’? The answer is simply: ‘because…2016’. Six months ago, most pundits called it a long shot…
- 25 Oct 2016
FXTM Analysis: Earnings, Macro Data To Drive Financial Markets Week Ahead
Last week’s robust U.S. corporate announcement indicated that there’s a high chance for corporate America to get out of its five consecutive quarter long profit recession. According to factset, 78%…
- 30 Mar 2021
SEC Affirms Potential of Non-interest Capital Market in Deepening Financial System
Mr. Lamido Yuguda, the director general of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, has described the non-interest capital market sector in Nigeria as one that is unique and full of potentials to…
- 17 Nov 2009
Banks Key to Mobile Financial Services in Developed Markets – Fundamo
Mobile banking platform provider expects take up to hit 'tipping point' in next three to five years. Banks, not mobile operators, are pivotal to the rollout and mainstream uptake of mobile financial…
- 7 Aug 2024
FXTM Announces Date for its Ultimate Financial Trading Seminar
FXTM Academy a leader in the financial markets Education is pleased to announce the Ultimate Financial Markets Trading Seminar, scheduled for August 17th at FXTM Head Office in Lagos. This one-day…
- 13 Apr 2026
SEC Freezes Assets of 13 Terrorism Financiers in Capital Market Crackdown
Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has slammed an immediate asset freeze on 13 entities—10 individuals and three companies - designated as terrorism financiers by the Nigeria…
- 10 Nov 2016
Juniper Says Mobile Financial Services will Surge in Emerging Markets
The total transaction value of mobile financial services in emerging markets (including domestic money transfers, deposits on loans, insurance products, and savings accounts) will approach $500…
- 29 Mar 2019
FirstBank Reinforces Financial Inclusion Drive with Market Activations
First Bank of Nigeria Limited extended the Agent Banking campaign to 14 major markets and business points across Bayelsa, Cross River and Delta State. The Market Activation which spanned over…
- 24 Jun 2020
Financial Experts Call for Reorganization of Nigeria's Market Architecture
Stakeholders in the Nigerian Capital market, Asset Management and Banking Industries have called for a rethink of the nation's economic philosophy and a reset of the financial market architecture.…
- 17 Jun 2025
Airtel Africa Reinforces Commitment to ESG Impact while Advancing Digital, Financial Inclusion Across 14 Markets
Airtel Africa, a provider of telecommunications and mobile money services across 14 African countries, has published its Sustainability Report 2025, reaffirming its corporate purpose of transforming…
- 9 Dec 2021
Championing Financial Literacy in the Digital Economy
Digital technology has made financial services borderless and allowed access to other countries' financial products and services. Financial markets have become more digitized, and new currencies have…
- 20 Aug 2025
JustMarkets Trading App: One of the Fastest Growing Trading Apps in Nigeria
Interest in trading in financial markets is growing at an unprecedented rate in Nigeria. As more Nigerians seek to diversify their income sources, trading across a wide range of financial markets is…
- 25 Jun 2019
The Winning Habits of Successful Forex Traders
By Abiola Akinyele, General Manager of FXTM Nigeria Who is a forex trader? A forex trader is an individual who exchanges one currency for another in the global financial market. The financial…
- 1 Jul 2024
True financial inclusion calls for smaller markets to receive equal attention to larger ones
By John Ngari, Director, Africa MNOs at Onafriq The potential for mobile money and digital payments to drive financial inclusion is immense. We can see this potential being unlocked on the African…
- 17 Mar 2014
FMDQ, Bloomberg Launch Trading Platform for Nigerian Bonds
Bloomberg and FMDQ OTC PLC have announced the launch of the Bloomberg E-Bond trading and market surveillance system. The new electronic trading system for Nigerian government bonds commenced…
- 24 Jun 2016
FXTM Analysis: Global Markets In State of Shock Over UK Referendum Outcome
The financial markets and spectators across the globe are in a complete state of shock following the unexpected outcome to the EU referendum that the UK has voted to leave the European Union. Markets…
- 5 Jul 2026
Tokenization, Blockchain Technology will Transform Financial Institutions – IMF
International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that tokenization and blockchain technology will fundamentally transform global financial market infrastructure (FMI), but insisted that regulated…
- 14 Jul 2016
AfDB, ASEA Join Forces to Deepen Africa’s Capital Markets
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) have signed, a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to amplify the impact of their strategically…