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UBA Launches U-Bills E-Payment Portal

By Yakubu LAAH InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-One of Africa’s biggest lenders, United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) on Friday announced the launch of U-bills an online payments and collections platform. UBA said in a statement made available to InvestAdvocate that the U-bills online payment platform has been enabled in all the […]

Namibia Wants Banks to Sell 25% Stake to Local Investors by 2025

Commercial banks in Namibia may have to sell 25 percent of their equity to local investors by 2025 and should consider trading their shares on the stock exchange, Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said. “We are looking at a threshold of 25 percent by 2025 and we are now making it […]

Nigeria Partners MasterCard on New National ID to Drive Financial Inclusion

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Nigeria will partner world’s leading global payments solutions company MasterCard Inc to deploy a new national identity card with payment option to help the country’s drive to financial inclusion. President Goodluck Jonathan said this on Thursday at a ceremony in Abuja Nigeria according to a […]