Haruna Magaji, Author at Financial Watch

Stanbic IBTC, LEAP Africa Partner On Sustainable Growth For SMEs

May 30, 2016 Haruna Magaji

Stanbic IBTC Bank, a member of Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, and LEAP Africa, a leadership development non-profit organisation, are partnering to organise the 11th edition […]

70m Nigerians excluded from banking sector, says IMF

May 30, 2016 Haruna Magaji

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says 40 percent of Nigeria’s 180 million citizens are excluded from conventional banking, with only 36 percent covered by the […]

Fidelity Bank Partners NEPC LBS To Boost Export Capacity

Again EFCC releases Fidelity Bank MD, traces stolen funds to NNPC

May 29, 2016 Haruna Magaji

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has for the second time released the Managing Director of Fidelity Bank, Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo, who was arrested last […]

Why I left banking for travels and tours –Kola Anigioro

May 29, 2016 Haruna Magaji

HAVING worked for several years in the banking industry, Kola Anigioro, who is now the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Sky Guide Travels & […]

NYSC reschedule Registration Date For 2019 Batch B

Has The NYSC Scheme Outlived It’s Purpose?

May 28, 2016 Haruna Magaji

The National Youth Service scheme is becoming a pain in the unmentionables – just like several other well-intentioned national schemes. Far from its objective of encouraging […]

Police Recruitment vs YES Program Application

7,000 Applicants Makes It To 2nd Stage In BoI YES Programme

May 28, 2016 Haruna Magaji

The seven-man panel that screened the business proposals from 40,000 candidates that applied for the Bank of Industry (BoI) N10 billion Youths Entrepreneurship Support (YES) programme […]

Commercial Banks Tender Dollar Bids at N197

May 28, 2016 Haruna Magaji

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, on Thursday, May 26, directed commercial banks to fund their naira accounts and submit bids for dollars at N197. […]

Internet users drop to 93.7m in February – NCC

Cyber security threats heighten in financial sector

May 27, 2016 Haruna Magaji

Financial institutions in Nigeria have been identified as being increasingly at risk of cyber attacks due to a steady increase in financial inclusion across the […]

Union Bank unveils branches with improved Technology

Union Bank’s Rebrand Impacts Positively On Stock

May 27, 2016 Haruna Magaji

Union Bank’s stock led the charge in financial stocks yesterday, as investors bid up the counter by limit up 9.96 percent. Analysts say the stock […]

Trump supporters protest against GOP leaders in Tennessee

Donald Trump clinch GOP nomination for president

May 26, 2016 Haruna Magaji

Donald Trump reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the Republican nomination for president Thursday, completing an unlikely rise that has upended the political […]