BANK PHB Plc is offering loans to Nigerians who wish to take advantage of the education and career development opportunities available in the United Kingdom.

DALVINDER Singh, associate professor of law, University of Warwick, UK has said  the interplay between corporate governance and banks highlights the limits of corporate law and the need for robust bank requirements to ensure the interests of bank depositors are protected sufficiently and indeed the issue of financial stability in its risk management framework.

AS the banking sector continues to undergo restructuring, pricing could be a major constraint hindering the smooth buy over of the bad assets of the eight troubled banks by the proposed Asset Management Company (AMC).

As both local and foreign investors scramble to acquire or invest in the rescued banks, JOHN UWE writes that the CBN should fall back on the recommendation of Basel 11 and other cross-border regulations to make its choice of successful investors in the banks.

Many seem to have made up their mind to forget the year 2009 in a jiffy. The reason being that it was the year everybody hoped the economic crisis would come to an end. But what Nigerians saw was a great converse. While high hopes welcome the year 2010, there is still no assurance that some bad workmen will not return to duty again. This is because the Nigerian economy is replete with people of Lamido Sanusi Lamido’s type. But things have got to change!

COMRADE Fred Ojeh, national president of the Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions (Assbifi) has stated that convening a special delegate conference for the two factions may end the long drawn feud that has thrown the association apart for a long time.

THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday approved the appointment of three executive directors for Equitorial Trust Bank (ETB).

FIRST Bank of Nigeria Plc has expressed strong commitment to agricultural financing. This, it says, was to play an exemplary role in the development of the nation’s agricultural and allied sectors.
As a financial supermarket, the bank promises both the rural and urban farmers financial assistance to help them grow more crops.