Former military head of state, General Yakubu Gowon, Group Managing Director and CEO of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Phillips Oduoza, Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina were among many other credible and distinguished Nigerians honoured at the annual LEADERSHIP Annual Conference and Awards held at the ThisDay Dome, Abuja. The awards had in
Nigeria’s money transfer business landscape entered a new phase yesterday as Africa’s global bank, the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc and global Money Transfer giant, MoneyGram launched the first outbound money transfers in Nigeria while Phillips Oduoza, UBA GMD/CEO became the first person to carry out MoneyGram outbound money transfer service from Nigeria. The
The Board of Governors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) through its private sector window approved on Wednesday, October 1 a USD 12 million line of credit equivalent in Nigerian Naira to LAPO Microfinance Bank in Nigeria. LAPO MfB is the largest microfinance bank in Nigeria with 1.1 million clients and 327 branches currently
Nigeria’s largest church the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has partnered with OneCard to launch multiple service recharge cards to offer worshipers access to top-up solution at any of the church’s over 332,000 parishes nationwide. The cards can be loaded on any network. OneCard is a fast moving consumer goods company and under the
First Bank of Nigeria Limited and FBN Capital Limited, subsidiaries of FBN Holdings Plc are Lead Sponsors of The Nigeria Banking and Capital Markets Conference 2014 organised by Euromoney for the third consecutive season since 2012. This sponsorship is part of the drive by FBNHoldings to promote thought leadership for national growth and development, while
SkyVision Global Networks Ltd., a leading global communications provider, announced its recent partnership with Unity Bank, one of Nigeria’s leading retail financial institutions. SkyVision provided its satellite-based Virtual Private Network (VPN) services via its local Nigerian hub to support Unity Bank’s LAN network, connecting the bank’s headquarters in Lagos to its numerous branch offices nationwide.
United Bank for Africa Plc in partnership with Verve International has launched an offer tagged “UBA Verve Rewards” in which Cardholders could win e-cash, free airtime, Nokia mobile phones and up to N35,000 cashback Cardholders who use their UBA issued Verve cards to initiate a minimum of five POS or VAS transactions on the ATM
Nigeria’s web and mobile-based wallet service SimplePay has announced it is now allowing its users to fund their wallets from their Bitcoin accounts. In an exclusive interview with HumanIPO, Rich Tanksley, Director of Operations, SimplePay Ltd said the startup will use a payment API from its Bitcoin wallet. He said: “People will enter their details
Leading retail bank, Diamond Bank PLC, has launched an innovative banking product, Diamond Y’ello, as part of its financial inclusion programme to reach the unbanked. The Diamond Y’ello Account, which is run in partnership with mobile telecommunications giant, MTN Nigeria, is a hybrid account that offers the over 58 million MTN subscribers a fusion of
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated welcomed the acquisition of a 12.5(1) percent minority stake in ETI by Doha-based Qatar National Bank through QNB’s purchase of both ordinary and convertible preference shares. QNB bought the shares from the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Following the transaction Ecobank is discussing a strategic partnership with
