Banking

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  Banking, Business, News

  “Our vision is now global,” says Nigeria’s Access Holdings as it begins $233 million capital raise

  Ganiu Oloruntade

  10th July 2024

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  Banking, News

  Five interesting takeaways from GTCO’s “Facts Behind the Offer” presentation

  Ganiu Oloruntade

  8th July 2024

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  Acquisitions, Banking, FinTech, News

  Exclusive: Brass opts for a smaller team under new management

  Ngozi Chukwu

  14th June 2024

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  Banking, East Africa, Kenya, News

  Kenya hikes minimum bank capital 10-fold to match regional peers

  Adonijah Ndege

  14th June 2024

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  Banking, East Africa, News, South Africa

  South Africa’s Standard Bank to fund $5 billion Uganda-Tanzania oil pipeline despite environmental concerns

  Adonijah Ndege

  13th June 2024

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  Banking, East Africa, FinTech, Kenya, News

  Kenya to issue payment licences: Flutterwave, Chipper Cash could be first in line

  Adonijah Ndege

  10th June 2024

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  Banking, News, people

  2,000 Heritage Bank employees out of jobs after surprise license revocation

  Ngozi Chukwu

  10th June 2024

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  Banking, News

  Ecobank shuns capital markets to raise $600m through debt instruments

  Frank Eleanya

  10th June 2024

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  Banking, News

  Depositors will get up to $3,300 in relief following Heritage Bank’s liquidation

  Muktar Oladunmade

  3rd June 2024

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  Banking, News

  Sterling Financial Holdings will seek shareholders’ nod to raise ₦200bn

  Frank Eleanya

  31st May 2024

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  Banking, Kenya, News

  How KCB Group’s $8 million old banknotes sparked a diplomatic row

  Adonijah Ndege

  16th May 2024

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  Banking, News, Regulation

  GTCO targets $750 million capital raise on NGX and London Stock Exchange

  Frank Eleanya

  13th May 2024

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  Appointments, Banking

  First Bank Limited appoints Ebenezer Olufowose as chairman

  Frank Eleanya

  10th May 2024

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  Banking, Kenya, News

  Kenya’s DTB shakes up leadership as it targets 10 million customers by 2026

  Adonijah Ndege

  8th May 2024

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  Banking, News, Regulation

  FCMB seeks shareholder approval to raise ₦150 billion

  Frank Eleanya

  1st May 2024

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  Banking, Investments, News, Regulation

  Stanbic IBTC will seek shareholders’ approval to raise ₦550bn

  Frank Eleanya

  24th April 2024

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  Banking, East Africa, Kenya

  Exclusive: Kenya’s Equity Bank hit by $2.1 million debit card fraud, 19 suspects arrested

  Adonijah Ndege

  17th April 2024

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  Banking, News, Regulation

  UBA to raise fresh capital through sale of 10.8 billion ordinary shares

  Frank Eleanya

  16th April 2024

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  Banking, News

  Bank of Uganda increases interest rates to curb inflation as shilling falls

  Adonijah Ndege

  8th April 2024

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  Banking, News

  Access Holdings to raise $1.8bn ahead of Nigerian banks’ recapitalisation

  Adonijah Ndege

  29th March 2024

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  Banking, Investment

  Access Holdings, Coronation Group ink deal with M-Pesa to tackle regional remittance

  Frank Eleanya

  25th March 2024

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  Banking, Features, Investments

  Cashless ATMs: Nigeria struggles to keep up with growing demand

  Frank Eleanya

  16th February 2024

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  Banking, FinTech, News

  With ₦1.1 Trillion in transactions, Firstmonie is the biggest bank-led agency banking service 

  Ngozi Chukwu

  14th February 2024

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  Banking

  Access Bank mourns Herbert Wigwe, to announce acting Group CEO soon

  Frank Eleanya

  11th February 2024

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  Banking

  Nigeria’s Central Bank slashes forex backlog estimate by $4.8 billion

  Joseph Olaoluwa

  5th February 2024

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  Banking

  Kenya’s PesaLink to launch merchant payment services in M-PESA’s turf

  Kenn Abuya

  23rd January 2024

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  Banking, News

  Nigeria Central Bank bows to pressure, sets interest rate meeting date for February

  Joseph Olaoluwa

  19th January 2024

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  Banking

  Digital lending Battleground: Access Bank gets approval for standalone lending company

  Joseph Olaoluwa

  17th January 2024

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  Banking

  The ₦1 Trillion club: Nigeria’s five biggest banks are now valued at ₦6.1 trillion

  Joseph Olaoluwa

  10th January 2024

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  Banking, Features

  Naira Nightmare: What’s driving Nigeria’s latest cash crunch?

  Joseph Olaoluwa

  21st December 2023

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  Banking

  Zenith Bank eyes France expansion, joining other Nigerian banks on global stage

  Joseph Olaoluwa

  27th November 2023

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  Banking

  Nigeria’s largest lender wants to expand to Asia

  Abraham Augustine

  23rd November 2023

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  Banking, Business, ecosystem

  Navigating the transition: African banks take over after international lenders exit

  Guest Author

  17th November 2023

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  Acquisitions, Banking

  Union Bank is now a private company one year after ₦191bn acquisition

  Joseph Olaoluwa

  14th November 2023

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  Banking, News

  Unity Bank bucks banking trend, reports ₦38bn in losses for H1 2023

  Joseph Olaoluwa

  11th September 2023
• Banking, News

  Light on details, CBN governor claims FX backlog will be cleared in two weeks

  Muktar Oladunmade

  5th September 2023

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  Banking

  Habari Pay’s profits demonstrate GTCO’s bet on retail banking

  Ganiu Oloruntade

  5th September 2023

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  AfCFTA, Banking

  Zenith Bank digitalises intra-Africa trade for exporters through the SMARTAfCFTA portal MoU

  Joseph Olaoluwa

  8th August 2023

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  Banking, Mobile Money

  M-PESA experiences downtime in Kenya as bank-to-mobile money transfers stall

  Kenn Abuya

  27th July 2023

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  Banking, News

  Access Bank to acquire Standard Chartered’s subsidiaries in sub-Saharan Africa

  Caleb Nnamani

  14th July 2023