Nigeria’s biggest lender by market value, plans to acquire a Kenyan lender as part of its…
Category: Finance
Absa PMI Expands
Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) expanded for third month in a row in March as new…
Bank of Japan (BOJ) Begins Experiments of Issuing its own Digital Currency
First phase of experiments, to be carried out until March 2022, will focus on testing the…
Emirates NBD Raising First Sustainability-Linked Loan
Dubai’s biggest bank has shaved off about 25 to 30 basis points in the overall cost…
Financial Industry Finds Itself at Crossroads
Customer expectations demand that banks innovate digitally. On the other is a realization that any new…
Revisions and Tighter Controls on Crypto-Assets
EU Commission launched a consultation on revision of its directive to improve cooperation between national tax…
Nigeria’s Innovation in the Insurance Industry
Nigerian insurance industry introduced some innovations in distribution in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. These…
Afreximbank Collaborates with Demica for New Supply Chain Finance Platform
Afreximbank has partnered with tech-based working capital solutions provider Demica to roll out a new supply…
NextPay gets Backing Startup Accelerator Y Combinator to Expand its Services
This pre-seed investment, NextPay becomes one of the first five Filipino tech start-ups to be backed…
Iran and China sign Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
Negotiations on the economic and security agreement, which could ease Iran’s international isolation, were launched five…