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The SME Funding Connect which is an initiative of Fidelity Bank is a platform whereby owners of SMEs and start-ups (termed Founders) can gain access to grants and funds by meeting with venture capitalists and angel investors (Funders) The SME […]

In the course of advising budding entrepreneurs, one hears one recurring request:  ‘‘Help me get a loan to start my business.” Truth be told. This request almost always falls on deaf ears. You will have great difficulty in get a […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in its circular of July 10, 2019, requires banks to maintain a minimum Loan-to-Deposit Ratio (LDR) of 60 percent by the end of September 2019. The directive also requires that, effective from the next day, banks’ daily […]