Nigeria’s central state of Nasarawa has issued a 5 billion naira seven-year bond, under a 20 billion naira infrastructure finance programme, at 15 percent, the issuing houses said. Nasarawa state, which has a population of 2 million people, raised the funds to mature on January 6, 2021, the advisers said […]
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Ecobank Ranked One of the Top African Banking Brands
Press Release/Ecobank Lome- Togo, February 4, 2014: Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (‘Ecobank’ or ‘the Group’) has been declared the most valuable brand in Africa – outside South Africa – in the annual ranking of the global banking and financial magazine ‘The Banker’ in its special edition Brand Finance Banking 500 of […]
Financial Return Crowd-Funding will Bridge Banks Credit Gap-IOSCO
By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Wednesday said financial return crowd-funding will bridge credit gaps left by banks. This is contained in an IOSCO’s staff working paper entitled ‘’Crowd-funding: An Infant Industry Growing Fast’’ Other main benefits of FR crowd-funding include providing a boost […]
