Category: Business

UBA Gifts Customers Awesome Digital Experience at Valentine with New Internet Banking

Africa’s global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, is set to launch the new internet banking, tagged ‘Made for Love’ in time for the Valentine season which is widely celebrated all over the world as the season of love. The newly upgraded internet banking has been fully equipped to provide a new digital experience…

Transcorp Hilton Abuja wins Traveller Review Award 2022

Transcorp Hilton Abuja, the flagship hotel of leading hospitality brand Transcorp Hotels Plc., has won Booking.com’s Traveller Review Award 2022. This award celebrates businesses that consistently exceeded travellers’ expectations, having earned great traveller reviews. “We are honoured to receive this award which highlights Transcorp Hilton Abuja as consistently delivering quality experiences while navigating changing guest…

Stanbic IBTC Opens New Branch in the Lagos Free Trade Zone

Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC, a member of Standard Bank Group, has opened a new branch in the Lagos Free Trade Zone (LFTZ), Ibeju-Lekki axis of Lagos State. The new branch will serve the banking and pension needs of the financial institution’s current and prospective clients along the LFTZ corridor and environs. Demola Sogunle, Chief Executive…

GTCO Acquires Asset Management and Pension Fund Businesses

Guaranty Trust Holding Company plc (GTCO Plc) has announced that it has acquired 100% shares in Investment One Funds Management Limited and Investment One Pensions Managers Limited held by Investment One Financial Services Limited (IOFS or the Seller). IOPM is licensed by the Nigerian Pensions Commission (PenCom) to operate as a Pension Fund Administrator in…

Abbey Mortgage Bank Capitalized at 6bn with CBN’s Approval of Capital Injection

Abbey Mortgage Bank has been further capitalised to N6bn following the approval issued by the apex bank of N3.03bn equity capital raised during the last right issue exercise of the bank. This milestone is in line with the strategic plan of the Management to strengthen the position of the company to champion the most desired…

Fidelity Bank Disburses N34Bn in Credit to Boost Rice Value Chain

Fidelity Bank has facilitated  the  disbursement  of  over  N34  Billion  in  direct  credit  to  players  in  the  Nigerian rice  value  chain. The bank’s interventions in recent years have  helped  to  unlock spontaneous financing opportunities for a large swathe of paddy  rice  farmers  with  significant  contributions  to  the expansion of national paddy rice output. Only recently,…

Stanbic IBTC Asset Management Set To Advance Customer Assets In 2022

In a bid to develop the Nigerian capital market and enhance the economy, Stanbic IBTC Asset Management, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, is set to advance customer assets in 2022 with its bouquet of investment solutions. Incorporated in 1992, Stanbic IBTC Asset Management has been providing investment services to foreign and domestic portfolio…

Sterling & Founder Institute Fellowship Award holds in February

Sterling Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading commercial bank, has said it will organize an award in early February, known as the Sterling Heart Fellowship Award, for tech founders whose businesses employ innovative solutions to tackle challenges in the HEART sectors and have been selected to partake in the Founder Institute Lagos Virtual Spring Program. The HEART…

Ardova Plc Commends Stanbic IBTC’s Support for LPG Storage Project

AP LPG terminal, a fully owned subsidiary of Ardova PLC, on Wednesday, 19 January 2022, performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a 20,000 metric tonne Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) storage terminal at the project site in Ijora, Lagos. The ceremony signified the official commencement of construction activities which is expected to be completed…

Stanbic IBTC Introduces Smart Loan to Support Customers

Stanbic IBTC Bank, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, has introduced a Smart Loan digital solution to enable customers who have an account with their Asset Management arm access a loan to enable them meet their medium-term financial obligations. According to the bank, the devaluation of the naira due to the global economic downturn…