Money and Finance

Sterling Bank Plc, Nigeria’s commercial bank, in collaboration with Clickatell, a global mobile communications and chat commerce company, have announced

Airtel Africa, a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services in 14 countries across sub-Saharan Africa, is scaling up

The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) has commenced plans to adopt Remote Online Proctoring for the conduct of

American Express, Discover, Mastercard and Visa have announced they are each beginning technical preparations for global expansion of the Click

Today, Ecobank Group (www.Ecobank.com) confirms its commitment to support ending malaria, launching the first-of-its-kind Zero Malaria Business Leadership Initiative in

Ecobank (http://www.Ecobank.com) has extended its zero-charge fee for digital money transfers below N5,000 till the end of September this year.

Junior Achievement (JA) Africa and Ecobank Group have announced their new partnership- “Banking on Africa’s Youth.”  The partnership will undertake

Stephen Roach, Yale University senior fellow and former Morgan Stanley Asia chairman, has a warning for U.S. dollar bulls. The

Africa infrastructure solutions provider Africa Finance Corporation, AFC, has announced the successful issuance of a $700 Million Reg S Eurobond,

Sterling Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading commercial bank, has offered a safe option for investments in its Doubble.Ng product to discerning

Sparkle, a digital ecosystem providing financial, lifestyle and business support services to Nigerians across the globe has been launched. Sparkle,

Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has announced the launch of Beta Health, a low-cost health financing product that offers instant access

Global Finance has named Ecobank as the most innovative bank in Africa. The announcement was made at the eighth Global

Pan African Financial group, UBA, has invested in cutting edge technology in a bid to boost its overall service offering

Nigeria’s leading digital financial services company, Carbon (https://GetCarbon.co) in an effort to improve the experience of its customers, has launched

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) announces that the Federal High Court Lagos has now granted an order sanctioning the Scheme

The US Department of Justice announced that it has transferred $311,797,876.11 to the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

British payments start-up Checkout.com has joined the Libra Association, the digital currency project set up by Facebook last year. Checkout.com is

Agritask, a global developer of a holistic agronomic operations platform, in collaboration with Royal Exchange, General Insurance company limited, Nigeria’s

Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that the IMF Executive Board approved immediate debt

More Nigerian banks may cut how much foreign currency customers can spend abroad as the coronavirus pandemic and a slump

Fidelity Bank released audited FY 2019 results yesterday. Net profits were up 24.0% y/y to N28.4bn (US$74.7m), 10.4% ahead of

The devaluation of the Nigerian naira will put pressure on the assets of lenders struggling to raise asset quality to

Cryptocurrencies saw a sharp bounce higher after violent selling in the past two weeks despite equity markets not showing big

Cryptocurrency markets plunged following a plummet in oil prices and further sell-off in stocks.  The market capitalization or entire value