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- 10 Dec 2020
9mobile, CBN, Ecobank, Others Brainstorm Deepening Financial Inclusion in Nigeria
As part of efforts to promote financial inclusion among the unbanked and underbanked population in Nigeria, innovative telecoms brand, 9mobile, joined Ecobank, Vanguard Newspapers, Sanef, and other…
- 31 Oct 2019
Heritage Bank pledges continued support for women empowerment
Heritage Bank Plc has said it will continue to lend support to causes that promote women empowerment as this will impact positively on the nation’s socio-economic development. Ifie Sekibo,…
- 14 Oct 2020
Ecobank Rewards Xpress Point Agents
Ecobank Nigeria has rewarded its Agency Banking partners, also known as Xpress Point Agents across the six geo-political zones of the country with mouthwatering gifts for their performances from…
- 28 Sept 2018
NITDA Makes Case for Digital Economy
Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has reiterated the Agency's commitment to collaborate with critical stakeholders in ensuring…
- 16 Nov 2020
CBN Blocks Banks, Investors from N622Bn Illegal Earnings
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has effectively obstructed about N622 billion interest earnings that would have accrued to banks and other individual and corporate investors in the money market. Mr.…
- 3 Jan 2014
FirstBank Re-Certifies to IS027001 for Information Security
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has successfully recertified its processes to Information Security Management Systems ISO/IEC to 27001:2005 standard in its quest for sustained standards for information…
- 12 Nov 2018
SEC, NERDC Mull Capital Market Education Curriculum for Schools
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is working with the Nigerian Educational Research & Development Council (NERDC) to develop a capital market education curriculum for senior secondary…
- 21 Apr 2024
AMCON Moves Against Firm’s MD, Directors over N42b Debt
Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, has initiated bankruptcy proceedings against the Chairman of Milan Industries Limited, Milan Nigeria Ltd and Milan Beverages Ltd, Rajesh Valecha and…
- 22 Sept 2014
Fears of Banking Crisis over Bad Loans
Some banks in the country are reportedly not making adequate provisions for bad and doubtful loans in their books as mandated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the development may…
- 4 Jan 2022
Ecobank, ICA to Improve Credit Practice in Nigeria
Patrick Akinwuntan, the Managing Director of Ecobank Nigeria, has said the bank will partner with the Institute of Credit Administration to create a reliable and enhanced credit practice in the…
- 13 Dec 2012
Stanbic IBTC Bank Toasts One Year of Mobile Money
Obinnia Abajue, executive director, Personal and Business Banking, Stanbic IBTC Bank, has said that Nigeria’s financial system may be up for greater contribution to the nation’s overall development…
- 24 Apr 2024
Hydrogen Hosts Catalyst Workshop, Highlights Resilient Business Models for Fintech Startups
As part of its mission to empower African businesses with tools needed to thrive, garner admiration, and foster global acclaim, leading payment solution company, Hydrogen Payment Services Company…
- 8 Jun 2022
Experts to Brainstorm on Nigeria's Financial Inclusion Initiative at Oriental News Nigeria Confab
Key stakeholders in Nigeria's financial sector would engage in a robust round table discussion on governments key policy which centers around inclusive financial system that will cover all strata of…
- 30 May 2021
Releaf, OnePipe Partner to Deepen Financial Inclusion, Improve Productivity for South-South Farmers
Releaf, a raw material procurement & logistics platform that is making it easy for crops to move from farm to factory and OnePipe, a digital gateway enabling financial services, have partnered to…
- 23 Feb 2022
Canza Finance Raises $3.27M Seed Round to Empower Underserved Sub-Saharan Africa SMEs
Canza Finance, an emerging markets neobank that is building the world’s largest non-institutional-based financial system, announced the completion of its $3.27M seed round. The fundraising round was…
- 9 Nov 2021
Nigeria Secures $400,000 Grant from Afreximbank for Pharmaceutical Production
The African Export-Import Bank has awarded $400,000 in grant funding to the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development of Nigeria to boost pharmaceutical production in the…
- 15 Apr 2015
GMB Moves to Scrap Pension for Ex-Governors
General Muhammadu Buhari, president-elect, is to lead a campaign to repeal the pension laws for governors enacted by many states of the federation in line with his campaign promise to tackle pension,…
- 8 Sept 2019
EcobankPay, Xpresspoint Agents Leveraging Technology to Expand Financial Inclusion - Akinwuntan
Patrick Akinwuntan, managing director, Ecobank Nigeria, has disclosed that the Bank is leveraging technology to push the frontiers of financial inclusion of the unbanked and under-banked in the…
- 21 Apr 2023
Accelerex Bags Excellence in Commerce Enablement Award
Accelerex has clinched the prestigious Excellence in Commerce Enablement Award at the Africa Fintech Summit 2023, which held on the 12th of April, 2023 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center,…
- 22 May 2017
Banks Rake in N138Bn from Alerts, eServices
Leading banks in Nigeria have reported a significant rise in income from fees they charge customers for use of their various electronic banking services, principally, transaction alerts, Automatic…
- 5 Nov 2016
NIBSS Partners Etisalat, Others to Unveil mCash Payment Solution
In furtherance of the financial inclusion vision of the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System(NIBSS) in partnership with several banks and four GSM operators, has unveiled…
- 9 Sept 2025
SEC Warns Nigerians against Investing in CMTrading
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has cautioned Nigerians against investing in CMTrading, an online platform that claims to offer cryptocurrency and commodities trading services. In a…
- 14 May 2012
Postal Bill Will Make the Industry More Viable -Oladepo
Siyanbola Oladapo, managing director of Bowill Errands Courier is a consummate professional with over years of experience spanning the courier, oil & gas, and the financial sectors.…
- 19 Dec 2013
Airtel Doles out Over N250m to Subscribers as Journalist Wins
Danjuma Ibrahim Yakubu, a journalist with Radio Nigeria Precious FM, in Lafia, Nassarawa State, has emerged the grand prize winner in the just concluded Red Hot Promo by Nigeria’s leading mobile…
- 16 Oct 2025
QNET’s Operations in Nigeria Anchored on Empowerment, Innovation - Solesi
Mr. Ayokunmi Solesi, QNET’s Country Manager for Nigeria, has said that the direct selling and lifestyle company’s operations in Nigeria are anchored on three key pillars, empowerment, community, and…
- 25 Sept 2016
Labour Ready for War, to Shut Nigeria over Sale of National Assets
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC); Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC); the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG); and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of…
- 3 Nov 2016
UBA Mentors Students in Oyo to Commemorate World Savings Day
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc is promoting financial literacy among young school children in Nigeria. To this end, Mr. Ayoku Liadi, bank’s executive director, Lagos and West, was at the Olivet…
- 26 Jul 2015
Yudala Signals True Online/Offline Retail Revolution- Wigwe
Another chapter was opened in Lagos on Saturday in the Nigeria’s online/offline retail chain with “bullish” Yudala, Nigeria’s first true composite retail chain, successfully launched its Offline…
- 1 Sept 2017
Big Tech Disrupting Banking, Insurance - WEF
The competitive landscape in banking and insurance is being shaped increasingly by large technology firms supplying critical technology to the sector, opening the door to direct competition at a…
- 14 Sept 2022
Banks’ Customers Pay N45.9Bn as Account Maintenance Fees in H1’22
Customers of leading commercial banks in Nigeria paid N45.9 billion as account maintenance fees in the first half of the year (H1’22). According to Vanguard, this represents a 26 per cent…