L – R: Seated (front row) – FirstBank’s Remi Oni, Executive Director, Corporate Banking; Rosie Ebe-Arthur, Group Head, Human Capital Management & Development; Adesola Adeduntan, Chief Executive Officer; Cecelia Akintomide, Independent Non-Executive Director, FBNHoldings and Olusegun Alebiosu, Chief Risk Officer, FirstBank, with some graduands (standing)…
Another set of  20 loyal customers will join the rising number of millionaires to win a whooping N1,500,000 each, in the 3rd edition of its quarterly draw for the ongoing UBA Wise Savers Promo. The raffle draw which is set for July 31st, at United Bank for Africa’s Corporate head office will see new millionaires emerge in a…
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial institution has announced that the third edition of its Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability (CR&S) week is billed for 1 – 6 July 2019 in the six geopolitical zones of the country and the Bank’s business locations in Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Senegal, Sierra Leone, DR Congo…
L-R: Dr Mukhtar Adam, Group CFO, Zenith Bank Plc; Ebenezer Onyeagwu, Group Managing Director/CEO, Zenith Bank Plc; Sim Tshabalala, Group Chief Executive, Standard Bank Group; Sola David-Borha, Chief Executive, Standard Bank Africa Regions and Bola Onadele Koko, Chief Executive, FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange at the Standard Bank Group Africa Investors’ Conference in London on Wednesday.
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness? Asked renowned philosopher, writer and composer, Jean-Jacques Rousseau in one of his writings while highlighting the importance of the simple yet impactful act. According to a health fact sheet produced by the Random Acts of Kindness Organisation, being altruistic increases one’s oxytocin, also called the…
Barely two years Heritage Bank and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) disbursed a loan for building a N2illion processing facility for Triton fish/chicken in Oyo state, the firm has commenced export of all kinds of frozen foods to some parts of Europe and African countries. The loan that was given under the Commercial Agricultural…
Nigeria’s premier Bank and leading financial services provider, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has in 2019, been conferred with multiple awards cutting across the industry. The Bank which is also commemorating its 125 years anniversary has been widely commended for re-inventing itself and being nimble in its service delivery, whilst painstakingly adapting to the dynamic…
Worried by the increasing rate of the unbanked population, the Federal Government, through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), kicked off a campaign in 2012 to achieve 80 per cent financial inclusion of adult population by 2020. The CBN carried out the campaign through agency banking, mobile banking/mobile payments, linkage models and client empowerment, to…
As the country marks the 2019 Children’s Day, leading Nigerian Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank) has launched a nationwide initiative, tagged #BeatTheDistance, to improve educational outcomes for children in rural communities by easing the difficulties they face with mobility to school and back. Through the initiative, the Bank is providing students in remote parts…
When is a bank not a bank? Tha question Segun Agbaje, the multiple award-winning CEO and Managing Director of Nigeria’s Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) has been getting to grips with as he forges a new path for banking in Africa. Agbaje was always destined to become a banker, it seems, although he took a circuitous route. Initially, he…
