Press Release/IMF, June 11, 2014 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) today launched Global Housing Watch, a webpage (www.imf.org/housing) dedicated to featuring its analysis on housing markets across the world. The page will provide a one-stop shop for the Fund’s Global House Price Index and other data on housing indicators. The […]

After months of planning during the pilot phase, the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS), on Tuesday, in Lagos, said all is now set for the rollout of the Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) on Monday, June 16, 2014. The BVN initiative, according to NIBSS, “involves the capturing of an individual’s […]

International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, says it has signed an advisory services agreement with Firstmonie, a subsidiary of First Bank Nigeria Limited, to expand mobile financial services and agent banking in the country. The IFC said the development would boost the supply of affordable financial […]