Tag: Banks

Competition forces banks to reduce charges

Reprieve seems to have come for bank customers as competition among the banks is driving down the cost of running accounts, ADEMOLA ALAWIYE writes. Dr.  Thomas Abah is a long-standing customer of one of the Deposit Money Banks located on Oba Akran Avenue in Ikeja, Lagos. He had gone to […]

Bankers’ Committee to investigate excess bank charges

The Bankers Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday said it would investigate alleged excessive charges imposed on customers by Deposit Money Banks. The committee pointed out that by the recent directives of the central bank, which was meant to streamline bank charges, customers were supposed to enjoy […]

Nigerian banks may record high bad loans

Indications have emerged that Deposit Money Banks may record huge non-performing loans next year. Rating agency, Standard & Poor’s, said on Tuesday that the banks might report increased loan losses amid growth in lending. Bloomberg quoted an analyst at S&P, Mr. Matthew Pimie, as saying, “Banks in Nigeria are expected […]