Tag: Banks

Monarchs begs CBN to extend old naira deadline
Banking

CBN to charge banks N1m daily over new currency

Wilson Adekumola     The Central Bank Of Nigeria has said that any commercial bank that failed to comply with the newly redesigned naira notes in terms of picking up for distribution will incur charges of million naira per day.     The Deputy Director on Research, Osun State Bracnch, Adeleke Adelokun made this known […]

Banking

VIDEO: Nigerian banks dispense new naira notes

Commercial banks have started dispensing the newly redesigned naira notes to over-the-counter customers.   Channels Television, on Thursday, reported that some banks in major cities across the country have begun dispensing the new notes to customers over the counter. The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, had on October 26, said the […]

How Nigerian banks performed first half of 2022
Banking

How Nigerian banks performed first half of 2022

Experts analysis revealed that Wema Bank, First Bank and Stanbic IBTC stood out as the best performing banks in the first six months of 2022. The Key metrics considered in this analysis are total asset growth, loan book growth, profit growth, cost-to-income ratio movement, and return on average equity. Despite surge in operational cost due […]

Banking

28 banks Join $500m pan-African settlement platform

One year after the African Continental Free Trade Agreement take-off, no fewer than 28 banks in Africa joined the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System, which took off with a $500m facility with an additional 24 banks on the waiting list. Daily Trust reported over 40 different currencies in the African continent. Over time, many traders […]