Tag: World Bank

World Bank chief to speak on cash-less policy

The Head, Payment Systems Development Group, World Bank, Mr. Massimo Cirasino, is billed to visit Nigeria, in October, to speak at a conference on the cash-less policy of the Federal Government. A statement made available to our correspondent on Wednesday said Cirasino would be speaking alongside the Vice-President, Global Mobile […]

IFC to support CIBN’s corporate governance drive

The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria has unveiled a new partnership with the International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank, in its ongoing drive towards enhancing corporate governance in the banking sector. Giving the hint in his welcome address at the opening session of the […]

IFC lends $1bn to Nigeria’s financial, real sectors

The International Finance Corporation, an arm of the World Bank, has so far given a total of $1bn in loans to Nigerian companies in the financial and real sectors. Disclosing this on Wednesday in Lagos, IFC’s Country Manager, Nigeria, Mr. Solomon Adegbie-Quaynor, said 70 per cent of the money was […]