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Digital Payments Must-Haves: Guiding Principles Serving Common Interests

Photo Credit: MasterCard 21/11/2016/MasterCard Jorn Lambert Two years ago, the first tokenized multi-merchant mobile wallets launched. Consumers were able to simply and securely load their Mastercard cards onto the mobile devices they carry around every day. Since then, we’ve helped bring several more digital payment solutions to market, and with […]

Textile Feeling the FX Pinch too

Culled—-Proshare November 21, 2016/FBNQuest Research The “textile, apparel and footwear” sub-sector remains the second largest contributor to the manufacturing sector, with a total output of N465bn (US$1.5bn) in Q2 2016 or 21.7% of manufacturing GDP. However, the segment is still performing below its full potential. Given the fx illiquidity in […]

The Business Case for Women’s Empowerment-Christine Lagarde

November 18, 2016/IMF APEC CEO Summit, Peru, November 18, 2016 Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, good afternoon – Buenas tardes! It is with great pleasure that I return to Lima, which last year hosted the very successful annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank. It is also a pleasure […]