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- 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,…
- 29 Jul 2020
Clickatell’s Chat Banking Solution Powers Sterling Bank to Offer Banking Services on WhatsApp
Sterling Bank Plc, Nigeria's leading commercial bank, in collaboration with Clickatell, a global leader in mobile communications and chat commerce, today announced a unique and very personalised…
- 29 Oct 2020
Sterling Bank Unveils Banking Solution For Nigerians In Diaspora
Sterling Bank Plc, has launched a new solution called Switch aimed at revolutionising international banking and allied services for Nigerians in the Diaspora. Shina Atilola, Sterling Bank’s…
- 6 Sept 2021
Sterling Bank Unveils Free Banking Services for NGOs
Sterling Bank Plc has unveiled Sterling CARES, a free banking service for non-governmental organisations (NGOs), to empower non-profit organisations across the country. This was disclosed in a…
- 24 May 2020
Sterling Bank Launches OneBank App
Sterling Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading digital bank has launched a new, unique but simple banking application that can be used for all banking and payment transactions by its customers. Mr. Olayinka…
- 21 May 2015
Loan Dodgers Owe Banks N138Bn
Loan default by customers made 13 Deposit Money Banks to lose a combined sum of N138 billion in the 2014 financial year, according to calculations by the Punch Newspaper. Data obtained from the 2014…
- 19 Feb 2020
CBN Releases List of Authorised Banks in Nigeria
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released the list of deposit money banks and financial holding companies operating in Nigeria, meaning that anybody who transacts banking business outside the list…
- 3 May 2017
CBN Expels 16 Banks from Forex Market
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday stopped 16 Deposit Money Banks from participating in the Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (SMEs)window of the foreign exchange market. Isaac Okorafor,…
- 22 May 2022
Sterling Bank Signs MoU with Optometrists on Funding, Capacity Building
Sterling Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading commercial bank, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian Optometrist Association (NOA) to automate operations, enhance capacity and…
- 9 May 2024
CBN Unveils List of Licensed Deposit Money Banks
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released the list of licenced Deposit Money Banks operating in the country. Providing insights into the banking landscape in Nigeria, the list was made public on the…
- 14 Nov 2023
Interswitch System Glitch: Court Orders Freezing of Accounts in 54 Banks
Justice Peter Lifu (JP) of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has granted an order freezing some accounts in about 54 financial institutions in the country where alleged funds from Interswitch…
- 5 Aug 2015
Name and Shame: FCMB, MRS Fight over N6.2Bn Debt
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)-initiated name and shame campaign of banks’ delinquent debtors gained further momentum on Wednesday as First City Monument Bank Limited and Ecobank Nigeria published…
- 19 Nov 2013
Worries over Arrests of Top Bankers for Alleged Terrorist Financing
The banking industry and State Security Service (SSS) are embroiled in claims and denials over the continued detention of senior personnel of 13 Nigerian banks for alleged terrorist financing and…
- 21 Nov 2013
Terrorist Financing: Banks Meet over Plan for Nationwide Shutdown
National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees (NUBIFE) said it will meet today to discuss the planned shut down operations nation wide in protest over the continued…
- 8 Apr 2021
CBN Freezes 84 Bank Accounts of Firms/Persons under Investigation
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has secured an interim order of a federal high court in Abuja, freezing 84 bank accounts belonging to 25 individuals and companies. Those affected by the new order…
- 14 Jun 2013
UBA, Others Ink Agreement for OTC Market
Four settlement banks appointed by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) which include United Bank for Africa UBA) Plc, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, Access Bank Plc, and Sterling Bank Plc…
- 12 Jul 2022
Sterling Bank wins Best Participating Bank Award Under ACGSF for 2021
Sterling Bank Plc has won the Best Participating Financial Institution under the National Farmer of the Year 2021 Award of the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (ACGSF) of the Central Bank of…
- 20 Aug 2014
Sterling Bank Bags CBN Agric Scheme Award
Sterling Bank Plc has been conferred the Best Performing Bank under the Commercial Agriculture Credit Scheme (CACS) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The award was presented to the bank at the…
- 6 Oct 2022
Sterling Bank, Africa EDUCare Partner to Digitize Nigerian Higher Education
Sterling Bank Plc, Nigeria’s commercial bank, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU with Africa EDUCare, a disruptive innovative educational and healthcare solutions company, to transform…
- 19 Dec 2022
Sterling Bank Launches MBN, Set to Showcase Best of Nigeria at Maiden Fair
As part of its commitment to the growth and development of Nigerian businesses and the economy, Sterling Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading financial institution, has created the Made-By-Nigerians platform.…
- 15 Jun 2016
Providus Bank Gets Commercial Banking Licence from CBN
Providus Bank Plc has been granted a commercial banking licence with regional authorisation by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), according to information on the apex bank’s website on Tuesday.…
- 21 May 2013
Sterling Bank, Intel Collaborate to Encourage Laptop Ownership
Sterling Bank Plc and Westgate Computers have synchronized plans with Intel Corporation (Nigeria) to increase effortless access to technology and improve the quality of living for its teaming…
- 3 May 2020
FG Rakes in 8Bn from Banks’ IT Levies
Eleven Nigerian banks paid about N8.08bn Information Technology-related levies to the government in 2019, the audited financial reports of the banks have shown. Punch reported that the analyses of…
- 15 Jan 2023
Sterling Bank Scores with Renewed Bendel Insurance Deal
Sterling Bank Plc, Nigeria’s financial institution has renewed its kit sponsorship deal with Bendel Insurance Football Club of Benin for the new Nigerian Premier Football League season. This kit…
- 24 Mar 2022
Sterling Bank Carries Out Environmental Cleaning Exercises in 23 States Across Nigeria.
As part of its commitment to create a cleaner and safer environment for the citizenry and aquatic life under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative known as Sterling Bank Environmental…
- 18 Jan 2026
Here Are Nigerian Banks That Have Secured Their Licences
Nigeria's banking sector recapitalization, mandated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in March 2024, requires banks to meet tiered minimum paid-up capital thresholds by March 31, 2026: ₦500…
- 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…
- 11 Oct 2016
7 Nigerian Banks in Deep Financial Crisis – Report
Seven Nigerian banks are undercapitalised to the tune of N1trillion ($3.2billion), according to a stress test conducted by Arqaam Capital, a Dubai-based international investment bank. According to…
- 5 Sept 2022
Sterling Bank Unveils Virtual Cards for Customers
Sterling Bank Plc has introduced virtual cards for existing and prospective OneBank customers free of charge to enable them to make easy and fast local or international payments on sites like Netflix…
- 2 May 2014
Sterling Bank to Raise Share Capital to N16Bn
Sharaholders of Sterling Bank Plc, has approved the bank’s plans to raise new capital through a private placement. The private placement, when concluded, will shore up Sterling Bank’s share capital…