Banking
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Access Holdings: A Giant With the Margins of a Minnow
Access Holdings is Nigeria’s undisputed balance sheet king. ₦51.56 trillion in assets. ₦34.56 trillion in customer deposits. A continental footprint…
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Access Holdings: Too Big to Ignore, Too Inefficient to Love
For all its size, Access Holdings’ 2025 results read like a cautionary tale about what happens when a bank grows…
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UBA’s shares are in free fall:19% Crash in 48 Hours
UBA’s shares are in free fall. After peaking at N55.00 on Friday, 24 April, the stock has shed 19% in…
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UBA’s FY 2025 and Q1 2026 Trajectory: Normalisation of Earnings and the Reset Beyond the Headlines on Provisioning, FX, Costs, Distributions & Stock Price
UBA’s FY 2025 and Q1 2026 Trajectory: Normalisation of Earnings and the Reset Beyond the Headlines on Provisioning, FX, Costs,…
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Alleged FX Fraud: First Bank Manager Arraigned For Forgery
Police detectives attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti-Yaba, Lagos, have arraigned a senior manager with First Bank…
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The Collapse of UBA’s Profit House of Cards
How FX Windfalls and Forebeance Cover-Ups Backfired with 47% Profit Drop as CBN Audit Cuts it to Size The market…
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Fidelity Bank In the Throe of Valuation Discount
Fidelity Bank Plc entered 2026 with among the strongest operating metrics in the Nigerian banking sector. FY 2024 audited results…
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Stanbic IBTC’s FY 2025: Strong Income Engine Runs Into Funding Drag
Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc closed 2025 with bottom-line growth of 69.0% YoY, yet the real headline is what happened beneath…
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The Inside Story: How Stanbic IBTC’s EVB Programme is Revolutionising Corporate Banking
In today’s rapidly evolving business environment, organizations face heightened competition, shifting workforce expectations, and increasing pressure to optimize productivity. Amid…
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Union, Keystone, and Unity Banks: Albatrosses Around the Economy’s Neck
The sorry state of Unity Bank, Union Bank, and Keystone Bank is a testament to the devastating consequences of unchecked…
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