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Commercial banking
15/05/2020 at 17h27, by Valentin Grille
First National Bank Ghana absorbs GHL Bank and makes its first foray into mortgage lending
The subsidiary of FirstRand, South Africa’s leading bank group, will develop its retail banking strategy...
Commercial banking
01/04/2020 at 16h38, by Valentin Grille
With $75m from IFC, First City Monument Bank increases its cash and targets women-owned SMEs
The Lagos-based bank will receive an investment package from the subsidiary of the World Bank Group...
Commercial banking
19/03/2020 at 18h17, by Valentin Grille
Désirée Eliane Yacé, a new chief executive to turn around BHCI
After settling its dispute with Canadian firm Westbridge, the Abidjan-based bank has appointed its first...
Commercial banking
17/03/2020 at 17h26, by Madjiasra Nako
Christian Metaux, takes the helm at Commercial Bank Tchad
This expert in the banking sector in the Sahel takes over from Chad’s Allamine Bourma Treye, the country’s...
Commercial banking
25/02/2020 at 17h25, by Aurelie Benoit
Jim Ovia (Zenith Bank) focuses on SMEs with support from Africa’s lenders
The Nigerian tycoon’s bank should receive a $200 million investment package to finance the country’s...
Commercial banking
30/01/2020 at 15h43, by Aurelie Benoit
AfDB plans to increase Afreximbank’s capital in 2020
While some shareholders have recently injected liquidity into the pan-African institution, the African...
Commercial banking
13/12/2019 at 18h14, by Africa Business+
Attijari raises 2bn dirhams and prepares for changes in prudential rules
Attijariwafa Bank is to borrow 2bn dirhams ($208m) on the private debt market in Morocco. This operation...
Commercial banking
09/12/2019 at 15h22, by El Mehdi Berrada
Crédit Agricole du Maroc issues debt prior to increasing its equity capital (700 million-1 billion dirhams)
Managers at the publicly owned bank, which is focused on providing support to customers in rural communities,...
Commercial banking
25/10/2019 at 21h21, by Africa Business+
BCP vs. Attijariwafa Bank: a Moroccan duel in Tunisia
In September, Morocco’s Banque centrale populaire (BCP), headed up by Mohamed Karim Mounir, will purchase...
Commercial banking
25/09/2019 at 16h03, by Africa Business+
Investment banker to head Coris Mésofinance
According to our sources, Coris Holding has recruited Moussa Ouédraogo, a banker specialised in SMEs,...
Commercial banking
30/08/2019 at 16h12, by Africa Business+
With UBCI, Tunisia’s Carte (Hassine Doghri) finally gets into the banking sector (€58m)
BNP Paribas and the Carte group signed an agreement on 28 August for the latter’s acquisition of 7,800,000...
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