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- 17 Dec 2021
FairMoney MFB Reaffirms Commitment to Drive Financial Inclusion through Digital Banking
FairMoney Microfinance Bank, Nigeria’s leading digital bank, has reiterated its commitment to provide topnotch digital banking services that would drive financial inclusion for the mass Nigerian…
- Financial8 Sept 2026
Union Bank Wins WIMCA 2026 Gender Inclusion Award
Union Bank of Nigeria has been recognised for its contribution to gender inclusion, winning the Most Outstanding Bank in Gender Inclusion award at the Women in Marketing and Communications Conference and Awards (WIMCA) 2026.
- 6 Aug 2021
Access Bank Drives Financial Inclusion with 74,000 Closa Agents – Official
Access Bank Plc has equipped 74,000 Access Closa agents to provide financial services to customers across the country, to drive financial inclusion. Mr Robert Giles, Senior Banking Advisor, Retail,…
- 26 May 2022
Heritage Bank Leveraging Technology to Promote Financial Inclusion for Inclusive Growth
In today’s world, making financial services accessible is fast becoming a key area of concern to policymakers for the well-known reason that it has far reaching economic implications. To this end,…
- 26 Jun 2019
FirstBank Hits 27,000 Banking Agents, Deepens Financial Inclusion
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced that it now has over 27,000 agents on its Firstmonie network. This feat, according to a statement from the bank yesterday, reinforces its steering role at…
- 28 Sept 2022
Union Bank, Firm Partner on Financial Inclusion Drive
Union Bank in its commitment to driving financial inclusion in Nigeria, has partnered with WACOT Rice Limited, a rice processing company, to financially include 6,000 local small-scale farmers in…
- 18 Jun 2024
Access Bank Commits to Deepening Financial Inclusion
Access Bank has restated that it remains committed to providing access to finance for entrepreneurs in the transportation, agriculture, and health sectors this year. Chizoma Okoli, Its Deputy…
- 27 Oct 2014
SecureID, Sterling Bank partners for Financial Inclusion
SecureID , a digital solution provider and Sterling Bank Plc have entered into new partnership to provide a new Biometric Identification Card as a means of driving financial inclusion in Nigeria.…
- 13 Apr 2012
Diamond Bank, EFInA, Others to Advance Financial Inclusion for Women
Diamond Bank Plc, one of the leading banks in Nigeria -- respected for its excellent service delivery, Visa, Women's World Banking, and EFInA have joined hands to advance financial inclusion for…
- 18 Jul 2021
AMMBAN Decries Agency Banking Abuse in the Financial Inclusion Policy
Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria (AMMBAN ) has frowned at none compliance and monitoring of activities of agents deployed on the financial inclusion programme of Central Bank of…
- 8 Mar 2022
Banks’ Hidden Charges Hindering Financial Inclusion — Report
Banks are charging customers above regulatory limits and are making them pay undeclared charges, thereby hampering the country’s effort to reduce financial exclusion, a new report has said. The…
- 31 Oct 2018
First Bank, Clickatell Drive Financial Inclusion in Nigeria using WhatsApp
Clickatell is promoting financial inclusion in Nigeria by enabling FirstBank to launch Chat Banking on WhatsApp, unlocking the opportunity for millions of new consumers to experience an improved way…
- 16 Dec 2019
CBN, Banks Move to Boost Financial Inclusion
As part of efforts to enhance financial inclusion in the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and banks, under the aegis of the Bankers’ Committee, have concluded plans to simplify the…
- 7 Jan 2020
Ecobank Extols Financial Inclusion Drive, Adopts Reduced Bank Charges
Ecobank Nigeria has complied with the Central Bank of Nigeria’s recent directive on the reduction of bank charges. The bank commended the CBN for taking bold steps to further strengthen the financial…
- 5 Dec 2025
Access Bank’s Digital Innovation Earns Top Financial Inclusion Award
Access Bank Plc has been awarded the prestigious Financial Inclusion Impact Award (Unified) at Nexus 2025, Qore’s flagship customer experience and financial infrastructure summit, in recognition of…
- 23 Jul 2019
First Bank Leverages Digital Innovations to Promote Financial Inclusion
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has organised a joint seminar with sub-Saharan African banking and telecom regulators to promote financial inclusion through digital innovations in sub-Saharan Africa.…
- 26 Sept 2023
Union Bank Unveils Annual CSI Report: Driving Inclusive Growth; Impacting Lives, Enabling Success
Union Bank of Nigeria, a leading financial service provider, has released its 2022 Citizenship, Sustainability, and Innovation (CSI) report, outlining the bank’s efforts across three pivotal areas -…
- 23 Mar 2020
Heritage Bank Invigorates CBN’s Financial Inclusion 2020 Drive
As part of efforts to consummate the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) initiated policy aimed at reducing the figure of the unbanked populace by 20 percent by 2020 and to ensure greater participation in…
- 29 Mar 2022
Ike, Polaris Bank CEO Harps on Savings, Financial Inclusion for Youths
Polaris Bank Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Innocent Ike, has stressed the need for teens and youth in Nigeria to imbibe the culture of saving money early in life, to enable them…
- 20 Oct 2022
Wema Bank Rolls Out Array of Initiatives to Deepen Financial Inclusion
Nigeria’s innovative financial institution, Wema Bank, has further raised the bar of commitment to deepening financial inclusion in Nigeria with the rollout of an array of initiatives that raise…
- 12 Oct 2023
CIBN Unveils Agency Banking Certification Program to Strengthen Financial Inclusion System
Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIBN) has unveiled Agency banking certification for point of sales (POS) agents, NIN /BVN agents, Agent network managers, customer service officers, agent banking…
- 19 Jul 2021
Onyeali-Ikpe, Fidelity Bank MD Calls for Financial Inclusion for Kids
Mrs. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, chief executive officer, Fidelity Bank Plc, has urged parents to invest their time and resources in the development of their wards to help them be better positioned for…
- 6 Jun 2025
Interswitch, Bank of Sierra Leone Champion Financial Inclusion @ Sierra Leone Fintech Forum 2.0
As part of its sustained efforts to accelerate Sierra Leone’s digital finance transformation, Interswitch, one of Africa’s leading integrated payments and digital commerce companies, in collaboration…
- 21 Jul 2014
CBN Commends Sterling Bank, Osun’s Support for FI Scheme
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has commended Sterling Bank Plc and the Osun State Government, for their roles in deepening agent banking and Financial Inclusion (FI) initiatives. This commendation…
- 29 Sept 2013
Agent Banks Will Tackle Issues on Financial Inclusion - Bickersteth
Sola Bickersteth is the president , Society for Agent Banking Network Practitioners and Chief Executive, One Network. He is PLD Graduate of the Harvard Business School, USA and an Electronics…
- 3 Jul 2018
Agent Banking Will Assist in Achieving Financial Inclusion - Yuan
David Yuan is the general manger, International Business Operations, Nexgo - a Point of Sale (PoS) terminal manufacturer and Global Accelerex partner was in Nigeria for DigitalPay conference…
- 17 Nov 2025
Mastercard and Zenith Bank Launch Essential Debit Card to Boost Financial Inclusion in Nigeria
Mastercard and Zenith Bank have collaborated to launch the Essential Debit Card, scalable solution designed to enhance access to secure digital payments in Nigeria. L–R: Oluwadamilare Mesimo,…
- 19 Mar 2018
Nigerians Lose Faith in Banks as 2m Shun Services
Despite Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) effort to promote financial inclusion, the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) banking industry statistics shows that the number of customers using…
- 27 Nov 2019
Heritage Bank Empowers 2000 Female Entrepreneurs via Financial Inclusivity Initiatives
Considering the importance of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to the economy, Heritage Bank Plc has continued to structure financial inclusivity initiatives in empowering over 2000 female…
- 25 Sept 2024
Greenwich Merchant Bank Partners PSRG-Richardson on Sustainability for Inclusive Growth
Greenwich Merchant Bank Ltd and PSRG-Richardson have partnered on the key strata of sustainability - health, safety, security and the environment to drive the nation’s economy towards robust and…