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    Absa Uganda point of sale terminals start accepting MTN MoMoPay payments

    Muhereza KyamuteteraBanking & Financial ServicesBusiness & MarketsCompany NewsThe Big StoryJuly 7, 2021July 7, 2021

    Absa Bank Uganda and MTN Mobile Money Uganda Limited have today announced the introduction of mobile money payment functionality, also known as MTN MoMoPay on Absa Point of Sale (POS)…

    PROMOTING SPORT: Absa Bank gives UGX26m financial support to Uganda’s Olympic team as it heads to Tokyo, Japan

    CEO East Africa MagazineThe Executive TravelerMay 22, 2021May 22, 2021

    Absa bank Uganda has boosted the hopes of Uganda’s Olympic team through a cash injection amounting to UGX 26 million to ease in preparations for the 2021 Olympic games in Tokyo,…

    FORCE OF GOOD: Absa posts UGX41 billion profit, despite restructuring UGX260 bn loans and increased Covid-19 and rebranding costs

    Muhereza KyamuteteraBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryApril 21, 2021April 21, 2021

    Absa Bank Uganda, yesterday, 20th April 2021, released their 2020 annual results, reporting a profit of UGX41 billion and growth in revenue to UGX316 billion. This is Mumba Kalifungwa’s first…

    Absa Bank Uganda Makes Changes in Senior Leadership, Appoints new directors for Business Banking and Marketing

    CEO ReporterCompany NewsMarch 30, 2021March 30, 2021

    Absa Bank Uganda has made changes to its senior leadership by announcing new appointments of the Business Banking Director and the Marketing and Customer Experience Director. Albert Byaruhanga has been…

    Meet Irene Mutyaba Kabiri, the new Corporate Banking Director at Absa Bank Uganda

    CEO ReporterCompany NewsWomen In LeadershipJanuary 26, 2021January 26, 2021

    Irene Mutyaba Kabiri is the new Corporate Banking Director at Absa Bank Uganda. A seasoned banker with over 16 years’ experience in the banking industry, she was previously the Head…

    Pursued by 3 banks over UGX 72 bn in debt, how a desperate Hamis Kiggundu turned to courts to buy more time, but in the process cut the hands that fed him

    CEO ReporterBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryNovember 2, 2020November 2, 2020

    The Hamis Kiggundu vs. Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) case took almost everyone by surprise. Everybody who knows the maverick businessman, the proprietor of Ham Enterprises and Kiggs International, knows that…

    BoU Names 7 Primary Dealer Banks as it Announces Reforms to Enhance Liquidity in Financial Market

    Samuel MuhimbaThe Big StorySeptember 7, 2020September 7, 2020

    The Bank of Uganda in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, has this afternoon announced that it has undertaken reforms to the Government securities market as…

    Absa Uganda appoints Nadine Byarugaba as new Board Chairperson

    Samuel MuhimbaCompany NewsJuly 29, 2020July 29, 2020

    Absa Group Limited, parent company of Uganda’s third largest bank by assets (UGX3.4 trillion as at end of 2019), Absa Bank on Tuesday announced the appointment of Nadine Byarugaba as…

    UGX 906 bn in profits; 2019 was a good year for Ugandan banks

    Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryMay 11, 2020May 12, 2020

    Eighteen (18) profit-making commercial banks in Uganda, made a UGX906 billion (USD238.5 million) in profits in 2019. This was a 14% increase from UGX794.7 billion in 2018 profits. This was…

    COVID-19: Absa Bank donates UGX 100m mobile isolation EpiTents

    Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsMay 5, 2020May 5, 2020

    Absa Bank Uganda has donated four (4) mobile isolation units valued at UGX 100 million to the Ministry of Health to aid in the emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic….

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