• Zenith Bank PLC (ZENITH.ng) Q12024 Interim Report

    Zenith Bank PLC (ZENITH.ng) listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange under the Banking sector has released its 2024 interim results for the first quarter.

  • Paytm Payments Bank: Paytm Paytments Bank moves bill pay business to Euronet India

    Paytm Payments Bank (PPBL) has migrated its bill payment business to Euronet Services India, said two people in the know. This comes after the shifting of PPBL’s retail point of sales business to RBL Bank and the settlement business for merchant payments to Axis Bank.Euronet is an American payment technology company handling backend settlement systems for several digital payment modes in India. “Since Paytm Payments Bank was asked to stop offering services, they had to migrate to someone else,...

  • Reserve Bank insight into next move on interest rates

    More colour to the last interest rate decision will be detailed in the board’s minutes from the May meeting. Borrowers were spared more interest rate pain and rates were left unchanged, as was widely anticipated, but the Reserve Bank governor confirmed another hike was a topic of discussion. Of interest in the minutes, due for […]

  • Norinchukin Bank mulls ¥1 tril capital increase

    Japan's Norinchukin Bank is considering a capital increase of about 1 trillion yen to bolster its financial standing that is undermined by unrealized losses from its holdings of overseas bonds, including U.S. Treasuries, a source familiar with the matter said Sunday. Norinchukin will discuss the matter with its main investors

  • Aeropay Raises $20 Million for Pay-by-Bank Offering

    Digital payments company Aeropay has raised $20 million in new financing. The company, which specializes in pay-by-bank, announced the Series B funding in a Thursday (May 16) press release, saying it would use the financing to develop new products, enhance strategic partnerships and “explore greenfield opportunities.” Aeropay, which got its start in the cannabis and gaming industries, connects bank accounts […]

  • Tomb Raider TV show moving ahead at Amazon

    Tomb Raider, now with 4th wall-breaking action!

  • Some Red Bank Commissioners Raise Concerns Over Upcoming Budget

    Red Bank City Manager Martin Granum will present the fiscal year 2025 budget at the upcoming commission meeting on May 21. Commissioner Jamie Fairbanks Harvey expressed some concerns with the preliminary budget estimate document that the commissioners received Tuesday, and said she wants more time to review it and to meet with department heads before voting.

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    Island time: Why some resorts in the Maldives move their clocks ahead an hour

    By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN (CNN) — It may be true that Maldives’ luxury resorts really do have it all – the turquoise water, the rich marine life, and, in some cases, their own time system. Referred to as “island time,” it isn’t a figurative saying that invites guests to relax and forget about the

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    Island time: Why some resorts in the Maldives move their clocks ahead an hour

    By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN (CNN) — It may be true that Maldives’ luxury resorts really do have it all – the turquoise water, the rich marine life, and, in some cases, their own time system. Referred to as “island time,” it isn’t a figurative saying that invites guests to relax and forget about the

  • Fitch revises outlook on Zenith, Access, 3 others to positive

    The revision of the Outlooks on the Long-Term IDRs of Access Bank, Zenith Bank, UBA, GTB and GTCO mirrors the recent sovereign Outlook revision and reflects Fitch's view that Nigeria's Long-Term IDRs are likely to represent less of a constraint on the issuers' standalone creditworthiness in the near term. The revision of the Outlook on BOI's Long-Term IDR reflects our view that the government's ability to provide support to the policy bank is likely to improve.

  • Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 Accessibility Options Revealed Ahead of Launch

    Ninja Theory has detailed some of the accessibility settings you can look forward to when Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 launches tomorrow.Read this article on TechRaptor

  • Saudi Arabia’s Film AlUla Is “Moving Full Steam Ahead”

    Executive director Charlene Deleon-Jones discusses 'Norah,' shot in the oasis city and the first Saudi movie in Cannes' official selection and hints at a Hollywood-Chinese-Bollywood-Saudi mega-project