Banking & Finance

Nigerian equities market ends week bullish as investors gain N376 billion It was a brief trading week due to the two days public holiday declared...

Russia raises key rate to 6.5% in sharpest move since 2014 Russia’s central bank increased its key interest rate to 6.5% on Friday to curb...

Kenya: Mortgage defaults hit Sh70 billion, auctions jump Defaults on mortgages jumped 48 percent to Sh70.5 billion in the year to March, pointing to widespread...

Central Bank of Nigeria to launch digital currency by October The Central Bank of Nigeria with its stakeholders outlined its digital currency initiative via a...

Consumers and businesses urged to beware of latest fraud modus operandi of remote access scams While people and businesses continue to scale the use of...

11 banks given the nod to pay dividends to shareholders by the Central Bank. Eleven (11) banks in the country have been given formal approval...

First Lady commissions The Atlantic Lounge at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. The Atlantic Lounge, a waiting area for family and friends of patients admitted at the...

IMF applauds BoG's monetary policy stance The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has applauded the current monetary policy stance of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), saying...

Shares in Asia-Pacific rose in Wednesday morning trade, following an overnight bounce stateside that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising more than 500 points....

Tony Blair’s cabinet secretary warned him that his chancellor was “holding a gun to the . . . head” of the Bank of England’s governor with a “rushed...