26/5/2016/MasterCard Industry Collaborates on Solutions to Speed Transaction Times Americans are increasingly using EMV chip cards to make purchases as 68 percent of all U.S.-issued MasterCard-branded consumer credit cards feature the technology as of April 30, 2016. Chip-active merchant locations also increased to 1.4 million during this same time; including […]
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Africa Poised to become Engine of Economic Growth-Tony Elumelu
26/5/2016/UBA At the 51st Annual meeting of the board of governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB), African philanthropist Tony Elumelu, urged the private sector to tackle unemployment among African youths on the continent. Mr. Elumelu, the Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA) and pan-African investment company Heirs Holdings […]
Local Equities Maintain Winning Streak, ASI Close 28,260.61 Points
By InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The Nigerian equities market on Wednesday maintained its winning streak as all-share index (ASI) closed at 28,260.61 points, while market capitalisation climbed up by N353.45 billion to N9.71 trillion. “Today’s positive performance extended the Month-to-Date gain to a sizeable 12.76 percent and significantly pared the Year-to-Date loss […]
