Banking/Finance

Fidelity Partners ImpactHER to Empower 1,052 Female Entrepreneurs with Sales Skills Fidelity Bank, a leading financial institution in Nigeria, has collaborated with ImpactHER to support 1,052 female entrepreneurs across the 36 states of Nigeria in addressing the challenges they face in their small and medium-sized businesses.  Through diverse training on digital ...

Sterling Bank, NHEA recognize 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. The awards were given to selected recipients at the 8th annual Nigeria Healthcare Excellence Awards (NHEA), which ...

Fitch Reaffirms Ecobank Nigeria’s Stable Outlook Fitch Ratings has affirmed Ecobank Nigeria Limited’s (ENG) Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘B-‘ with a Stable Outlook. Fitch also affirmed the Bank’s Viability Rating (VR) at ‘b-‘ and National Long-Term Rating at ‘BBB (nga)’. The rating agency released this rating last week, ...

Polaris Bank in N19 Million Criminal Deduction Mess A Magistrate Court sitting in Surulere area of Lagos has ordered Polaris Bank to refund the illegal deductions made on domiciliary and Naira accounts of three businesswomen with the bank to the tune of $30,769 (USD) N18,676,783. The businesswomen – Mrs. Adebomi ...

Fidelity Bank Renovates Classroom Blocks, Commissions ATM Gallery In Zaria to Drive Financial Inclusion Leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc, recently commissioned the newly renovated  Madrasatul Anwarul Islam school in Zaria,  Kaduna State as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives targeted across Nigeria. Established over five decades ago ...

Ecobank Launches Super Rewards Season 3; 100 customers to get N50,000 Monthly Ecobank Nigeria has launched Season 3 of its Super Rewards Campaign. The customer-focused initiative is designed by Ecobank to reward customers loyalty, with Season 3 set to reward 100 customers with cash prizes of N50,000 monthly, while 2 customers ...

Heritage Bank wins Lagos Environmental Sustainability Award, commits to nature protection For its contribution and support towards Environmental Sustainability, especially, in Lagos, the state government, awarded Heritage Bank with its 2022 Environmental Sustainability Award. The bank joined other corporate organisations and schools within the State, awarded for their efforts towards ...

Wema Bank emerges most profitable in PAT growth in Q1 2022 The Nigerian banking sector recorded impressive growth in the first quarter of the year, recording a 23.24% year-on-year increase in real GDP. This is also evidenced by the performance of the twelve commercial banks listed on the Nigerian Exchange ...

UBA set to Reward Loyal Customers in Super Savers Draw Africa’s Global Bank, the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, is set to reward several of its loyal customers in its upcoming Super Savers Draw which will be held on Friday, May 27th at the UBA Head Office, Marina, Lagos. ...

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, financial inclusion has assumed a greater level of ...