Category: Business

Collaboration, Agriculture and Technological Innovation as tools to Reposition the Financial Services Industry in Nigeria for an Evolving Global Context

Mr. Farouk Gumel, Chairman, Board of Directors, Union Bank of Nigeria delivered the keynote address that formed part of the theme for the 15th Annual Banking and Finance Conference year’s conference tagged Repositioning the Financial Services Industry for an Evolving Global Context. The two-day event, hosted by the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN),…

Heritage Bank Plc has announced the appointment of Akinola George-Taylor as its acting Managing Director. Following the receipt of the approval of the Board of Directors of Heritage Bank and the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Bank is poised for its next phase of transformation. The new Ag. Managing Director will be overseeing all Heritage’s…

2022 HY Audited Results: GTCO Plc Reports Profit Before Tax of ₦103.2billion

Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (“GTCO” or the “Group”) has released its Audited Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements for the period ended June 30, 2022, to the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) and London Stock Exchange (LSE). The Group reported profit before tax of ₦103.2billion, representing an increase of 11.0% over ₦93.1billion recorded in the corresponding…

Seven Months of Rewarding Customers in the Stanbic IBTC Reward4Saving Promo Draws

In a bid to keep inspiring Nigerians to develop a healthy savings culture, Stanbic IBTC Bank, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings, held its seventh Reward4Saving promo draw at its head office on Monday, 08 July 2022. The July draw is the fourth of the second season of the promo and the seventh since inception.…

With four branches already booming and servicing its teeming customers, novel Superstore, Old English Supermarket has opened another outlet. This is to further realise its aim of becoming the superstore of choice of millions of upwardly mobile Nigerians. Old English Supermarket founded a couple of years ago, is a rare combination of visionary enterprise, diligent…

How to Sell With SquadPOS

As the world moves toward more mobile POS and contactless payment options, we saw the need to create an affordable and reliable payment solution that all kinds of businesses can take advantage of — whether micro, small or large. Therefore, SquadPOS was created — to make receiving payments quicker, easier, and more reliable, so that…

Stanbic IBTC Enlightens Customers on Online Security

Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, a member of Standard Bank Group, held its Cyber security webinar recently themed “How Secure Are You Online?” The virtual session tackled prevailing issues around cyber security as well as answered pertinent questions on the safety of financial transactions online. It also emphasised the importance of cyber security while carrying out…

The Nigerian private sector remained in growth territory at the end of the second quarter, although recent challenges around cash shortages led to weaker new order growth and a renewed decline in output. As a result, business conditions improved at the weakest rate for almost a-year-and-a-half. Companies responded by raising their staffing levels, purchases and…