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GTB Appoints Miriam Olusanya As First Female Managing Director
Guaranty Trust Bank has announced the appointment of Miriam Olusanya as Managing Director. This was disclosed in a notice signed by the company’s ...
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Nigeria:N15 trillion infrastructure company to start operation in Q3 2021 – Emefiele
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has revealed that the N15 trillion Infrastructure Corporation of Nigeria (Infraco) Plc ...
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NGX admits GTBank Holdco structure, lists shares
Nigerian Exchange Limited, (NGX), Tuesday, admitted and listed Guaranty Trust Bank, GTBank Plc new shares as it successfully transitioned into a Holding Company ...
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Nigeria: CBN Develops Scheme To Reduce Graduate Unemployment
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday said it was developing a Tertiary Institutions Entrepreneurship Scheme (TIES) to re-orientate, train and finance ...
Nigeria
Nigeria’s Global Fintech Ranking Plummets to 57th, Lagos falls to 93rd
The 2021 Global Fintech Ranking indicated a fall in Nigeria’s Rank to 57th from 52nd despite its “highest number of fintech startups in ...
Nigeria
Nigeria’s payment system is ready for the AfCFTA – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has boasted of having a resilient payment system that is more than ready for the African Continental ...
Nigeria
NIRSAL guarantees N266.97b bank loans in five years
The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) Plc has guaranteed N266.97 billion ($648 million) bank loans to different agriculture-focused companies ...
Nigeria
CBN seeks active involvement of financial sector in AfCFTA
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has called for the active participation of the financial sector in the African Continental Free Trade Area ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Payhippo to scale up Loans to Small Businesses following pre-seed round
Payhippo has secured $1 million in pre-seed funding and plans to step up where banks aren’t servicing – loans to small businesses. Payhippo’s pre-seed ...
Nigeria
Herbert Wigwe emerges African banker of year second time, consecutively
The Group Managing Director/CEO of Access Bank PLC, Herbert Wigwe, has been recognised as the African Banker of the Year at the 2021 ...