Some sectors of the Nigerian economy, like the marine and blue economy, entertainment and arts, and hospitality, are expected to benefit from the ongoing recapitalisation of banks. This was made …
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CBK Reintroduces Charges On Transfers Between Mobile Money Wallets And Banks
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has announced the reintroduction of charges for transactions between mobile money wallets and bank accounts from January 2023. The charges had been waived since …
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Top commercial banks have started increasing lending rates by up to 1.1 percentage points after the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) raised its benchmark interest rate by the biggest margin …
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Fidelity Bank partners with SMEDAN to empower SMEs
Fidelity Bank Plc in a bid to reinforce its support for SMEs has entered into a strategic partnership with the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDAN). At a Memorandum …
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Kenya Power has locked banks and third party vendors from selling tokens
Kenya Power has dashed commercial banks and other third parties’ hopes of renegotiating fresh contracts to sell prepaid electricity tokens, in a decision that will restrict the lucrative deal to …
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Kenya Power blocks third-party vendors from selling tokens
Kenya Power has locked out banks and third-party vendors from selling tokens for pre-paid customers over increasing complaints on delays and cases of billing fraud. The State-owned power utility on Tuesday …
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Deutsche Bank AG is beefing up its investment banking team and services in South Africa as part of a plan to grow on the continent. The German lender has hired a …
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Banks reward savings accounts with 1.28%, lending hits 26.61%
The gap between the savings and lending rates in banks widened by 25.33 per cent in March, according to figures obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria. Latest figures obtained …