Banking
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Sterling Bank: How a Denominator Manager Is Leaving Shareholders to Fund the Past
Benchmarked against its own past, Sterling Bank’s progress over decades can look deceptively beautiful — bigger assets, higher earnings, and…
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Sterling Bank’s Profit Grows 20% But Impairments Spike 357% As Asset Quality Deteriorates
Sterling Financial Holdings Company Plc delivered strong top-line growth in the first half of 2026, but the quality of that…
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Cardoso 3 Years On: Trading Controls for Credibility
Olayemi Cardoso completed three years as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria in September 2026. In that time, the…
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Union Bank : How Long Will This Dinosaur Wait In The Theater?
For decades Union Bank was Nigeria’s banking crown jewel. It had what no startup could buy overnight: size, history, trust,…
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FROM FORESIGHT TO FIRST PLACE: HOW ZENITH BANK TURNED VISION INTO MARKET LEADERSHIP
Having a vision of the future is common in Nigerian banking. Turning that vision into market leadership is rare. The…
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PROVIDUS-UNITY: BIG ON PAPER, BUT WHERE IS THE ENGINE?
Why Capital And Combination Cannot Fix What Unity Lost — And What The New Bank Must Build The companies that…
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FCMB HAS THE FUEL. DOES IT HAVE THE ENGINE?
Why Recapitalization Alone Cannot Deliver FCMB’s Turnaround To lead Nigerian banking in the next decade, the winners will not be…
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ACCESS HOLDINGS: LEADING WITH FORESIGHT, OR JUST MOVING FIRST?
In the last few years Nigerian banking has stopped being about who has the biggest branch network in Lagos and…
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THE POWER OF CORE COMPETENCE AND INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP: WHY ACCESS HOLDINGS IS STILL CHASING IN THE TIER-1 RACE
Long before any profit shows up on a balance sheet, banks win or lose on the strength of what they…
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TIER-1 BANK WARS: HOW CORE COMPETENCES ARE SHAPING INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP
Long before any product hits the market or any profit shows up on a balance sheet, companies win or lose…
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