Flutterwave teams up with Alipay to facilitate Africa-China trade
Africa’s leading payments technology platform, Flutterwave has announced its partnership with Alipay of China, thereby opening up Africa’s market to Chinese buyers. The partnership enables Flutterwave, a Nigerian-founded B2B payments service – primarily for companies in Africa to accept payment…
Fidelity Bank dolls out N2.6bn for 2,600 customers in promos in four years
Leading retail banking giant, Fidelity Bank Plc has in the last four year rewarded over 2,600 of its customers with over N2.6bn in series of promos and loyalty reward scheme to deepen the growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)….
EcobankPay hits N1bn transaction mark with 90,000 merchant locations
Latest Ecobank Nigeria latest innovative product, EcobankPay, the lifestyle digital payments and collections service is currently changing several narratives on financial technology (Fintech) value chain in Nigeria. Apart from grossing over N1 billion in cumulative transactions value, currently services has…
Fresh 20 millionaires emerge from UBA Wise Savers Promo
Africa’s global bank and continental financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has again rewarded another 20 customers who have emerged winners in the third quarterly draw of the UBA Wise Savers Promo winning N1.5 million each, bringing the…
Fidelity Bank’s LDR already above recent CBN’s directive—ED
Leading retail banking giant, Fidelity Bank Plc has given out loans to Nigerian businesses over and above the latest limit 60 per cent Lending to Deposit Ratio (LDR) set by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Making the revelation on…
Political colorations force Anambra traders’ to ban prayer sessions in markets
Henceforth, hearing beats, prayers and songs of praises within major markets in Anambra State has been suspended on the orders of the Anambra State Amalgamated Market Traders Association (ASMATA). Business Hilights South East Bureau chief reports that the ban which…
NNPC yet to react to ministerial nominee, Jeddy Agba’s outburst on refining grafts
Though Mr. Jeddy Agba, an experienced oil and gas expert was recently at the Senate Chambers for his ministerial screening and confirmation possibly as the next Minister of Minister of State for Petroleum, three key issues he raised against the…
(Special Report) Milk, CBN, kids stunted growth and herdsmen/RUGA controversy
Last week’s policy position of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as revealed by the Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele that milk import has joined the list of 42 items that will no longer access forex from the apex bank has…
Access Bank a Bank with a rigorous, disciplined capital plan—Wigwe
The Group Managing Director/CEO of Africa’s largest bank, Access Bank Plc, Herbert Wigwe, has revealed that his institution remains a Bank with a rigorous and disciplined capital plan. In his remarks on the successful outing of the bank on issuing…
Heritage Bank’s Training Institute equals CBN’s standard, gets CIBN nod
Heritage Bank Plc’s training school popularly referred to as “The Refinery” for new entrant staff has been accredited by the Governing Council of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN). The training school supervised by the Bank’s Human Capital…