Banking & Finance

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) locked out 624 digital lenders and credit-only providers from sharing information on loan payments and defaults last year in...

Haruhiko Kuroda, governor of the Bank of Japan, has joined other central banks to attack Bitcoin (BTC) amidst the current volatility. Haruhiko argued against the...

Exasperation with Credit Suisse following a string of scandals is prompting Switzerland to rethink a system in which top bankers have been largely untouchable. Credit...

U.S. banks are likely to report “record level” earnings in 2021 as the American economy recovers and financial markets remain buoyant, according to the Institute...

Nigerian Banks listed on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange Group Limited (NGX Plc) gave out additional N689.5 billion (Ghs 9.6 billion) loans to their...

Guaranty Trust Bank (GT Bank) Ghana, subsidiary of Guaranty Trust Bank PLC (GTB PLC), has been rated ‘B’ with a stable outlook by credit rating...

HSBC announced it is withdrawing from U.S. mass-market retail banking by selling some parts of the money-losing business and winding down others, a long-awaited move as...

Chief Executive Officer of Stanbic Bank Ghana, Kwamina Asomaning, has urged government to place greater emphasis and channel more resources into vocational training of Ghana’s...

Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has urged African leaders to reverse the current vaccine inequity facing the continent. According to the...

Beyond giving us a sense of pride, being Africa’s foremost bank places on the Standard Bank a huge responsibility that we have gladly shouldered for...