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Nigeria
Banks raise N26bn for agric/SMEs equity fund
Oyetunji Abioye Deposit Money Banks in the country have raised a total of N26bn in line with their commitment to provide equity funding for agro-based Small and Medium-scale Enterprises. The Managing Director, Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria, Mrs. Bola Adesola, made the disclosure at the 333rd Bankers Committee meeting held at ...
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USA
How customer experience and revenue link
Oluwafemi Oyefeso oluwafemi.oyefeso@yahoo.com In a study by Forrester research, it was estimated that in America alone, the total annual impact of customer experience across industries surpassed the $6.8bn dollar mark. The impact of customer experience cuts across various industries – from financial institutions to telecommunications providers, hotels, electronic commerce companies ...
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Nigeria
Reps blow hot over Acting President’s comment
Speaker Yakubu Dogara said the powers of the three arms of government were clearly spelt out in the constitution. “From the very pedestrian interpretation of the functions of the three arms of government, one makes laws, the other executes the laws, the other interprets the law. So, a declaration as ...
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Nigeria
Bankers’ Committee: FX Window attracts $2.2b
Dollar inflows into the economy through the newly introduced Investor and Exporter (I&E) Forex Window have hit $2.2 billion, the Bankers’ Committee said yesterday. The I&E FX window was introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on April 24 to enable portfolio investors sell dollars at rates of their choice, if ...
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Paraguay
Guindos pide un fondo de liquidez para ayudar a la banca en apuros
Los ministros de Finanzas del euro (el Eurogrupo) se felicitaron este jueves por la primera resolución de un banco bajo la nueva unión bancaria de la UE. Porque Banco Popular tuvo el honor de estrenar el pasado miércoles la Junta Única de Resolución (JUR), el segundo pilar de la unión ...
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Regno Unito
Brexit - Conseguenze per la collettività italiana residente nel Regno Unito
Si è svolta questa mattina presso il Comitato per le questioni degli Italiani all'estero del Senato l’audizione del Direttore Generale per gli Italiani all’Estero e le Politiche Migratorie del Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale Luigi Maria Vignali sulle Conseguenze...
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Perù
Atlantia, Discovery Capital lima le posizioni corte sul titolo
(Teleborsa) - l fondo di investimenti Discovery Capital ha diminuito, in data 13 giugno 2017, la posizione ribassista su Atlantia, allo 0,43%, dallo 0,55%. Lo si apprende dalle...
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Nigeria
FG Determined To Improving Transportation Sector- Amaechi
By Ejike Ejike, Abuja The Hon. Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, said that the present administration under President Muhammadu Buhari, in recognition of the transportation sector as an untapped goldmine, and in its quest to diversify the economy, is making concerted efforts towards improving the sector and ...
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Nigeria
FG Targets Additional Three Million Taxpayers In 2-years
By MARK ITSIBOR, Abuja The federal government has moved to increase the number of taxpayers in the country by 35 per cent or from the present 14 million to about 17 million in the next two years. To achieve that, the minister of finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun said the government ...
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USA Nigeria
Girl’s Education Key To Empowerment, Equal Opportunity-UNICEF
By Winifred Ogbebo, Abuja As Nigeria joins the rest of Africa to celebrate the Day of the African Child today, the United Nations Children’s Education Fund ( UNICEF), in partnership with Federal Ministry of Education and State Universal Basic Education Boards in Bauchi, Niger, Katsina, Sokoto and Zamfara states, has ...