Banking
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Has Amacechi Ogbonna, CEO of Access Bank, given up?
Has Amacechi Ogbonna, the CEO of Access Bank, given up? Access Holdings is trading like a bank in distress, not…
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FY 2025:Access Holdings: lending as the engine, heavy impairments as the cost
In banking, everything else on the balance sheet — capital, reserves, investments — ultimately exists to support one function: lending.…
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Union Bank: The Pharaoh’s Tomb and the Comfort of Darkness
By Amos Adetunji Is the government-appointed leadership at Union Bank failing because they cannot think differently, or because they have…
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Sterling Holdco: Cheap, Stunted, Ignored by the Market
Sterling Financial Holdings Company Plc trades at ₦7.75 – ₦7.80 on the Nigerian Exchange. In terms of absolute share price…
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FCMB Group Plc: The NGX Laggard — Cheap on Paper, Punished in the Market
While FCMB Group Plc just delivered a near-doubling of profit in H1 2026, the market has refused to reward it.…
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THE COURAGE TO QUIT: WHAT MONIEPOINT’S UK EXIT MEANS FOR NIGERIA
Moniepoint’s decision to shut down MonieWorld, its UK remittance product, just 18 months after launch has been called a failure…
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Beyond Price Stability: How CBN Reforms Reshaped Banking, Payments and Credit to the Real Sector Since 2023
When the Central Bank of Nigeria launched its policy reset in 2023, public debate centered on two visible problems: inflation…
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STERLING FINANCIAL HOLDINGS: RUNNING HARD ON THE TREADMILL
Recapitalization is no longer a differentiator in Nigerian banking. Everyone did it. The only metric that matters in 2026 is…
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STANBIC IBTC AT ₦156.10: THE MID-TIER GIANT PUNCHING ABOVE ITS WEIGHT
Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc is proving in 2026 that you don’t have to be a tier-1 bank to command tier-1…
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THE BIG THREE AT A CROSSROADS: FIRST HOLDCO, GTCO AND ZENITH, WHO LEADS NIGERIAN BANKING IN 2026?
2026 has split Nigeria’s tier-1 banks into three very different stories. First HoldCo has surged on earnings and size, GTCO…
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