By Collins Nweze Capital is crucial in driving sustainable Small and Medium Enterprises’(SMEs’) growth and uplifting the economy. First Bank of Nigeria Limited, as
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Nigeria’s e-payment nightmare and customers’ trapped money
MATTERS eRISING with Olusegun Oruame Are you one of the millions of Nigerians whose money has been locked down for weeks after a failed
Pantami lauds CBN for downward review of electronic transfer fees – Financial and competition regulators declare N50 charges on PoS transactions illegal
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has commended the decision of the apex bank, the Central Bank of
FirstBank: Towards reviving Nigeria’s textile industry
By Chinyere Joel- Nwokeoma For many years, until the early 1980s, the Nigerian textile industry was the highest employer of labour, after the public
Global transactions get easier with FirstBank’s card offerings
By EHIME ALEX As in many developing countries, cash has been the most prevalent mode of payment in Nigeria until 2012 when the Central
MTN board appointments: Time to stop these shenanigans
By Olubayo Abiodun Even in the palpable season of glum and gloom of Nigeria’s economic dire strait, a whiff of good news should provide
BVN linked with banks now 38m as CBN targets 100m in 5 years
About 38 million accounts are now linked with the Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) according to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) even as the
FirstBank demystifying financial inclusion with XploreFirst
Worried by the increasing rate of the unbanked population, the Federal Government, through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), kicked off a campaign in
FirstBank hits N1 trillion transactions with Firstmonie
Nigeria’s premier financial services provider and bank of first choice, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced that its Firstmonie network has processed a
Nigerians worry over slow progress in implementing data harmonisation
Nigerians have expressed worries over slow progress made in implementing the data harmonisation policy by government; and they want government to accelerate the data