Pearl Bank’s transition from PostBank marks the culmination of a five-year transformation journey—one that has modernised its operations, expanded its national footprint, and positioned the institution as a digital-first champion…
Following the approval of its new structure, the Bank of Uganda has made changes in its management structure as well as key changes in its top management. In the changes,…
To guide and accelerate the standardised adoption of Environmental Social Governance (ESG) best practices, the Uganda banking industry, under the Uganda Bankers’ Association (UBA), has launched and committed to jointly…
Moody’s Ratings (Moody’s) one of the global leaders in credit ratings for companies, governments has downgraded the Government of Uganda’s long-term foreign-currency and local-currency issuer ratings to B3 from B2…
This week, starting on December 1st 2023, millions of Ugandan borrowers from Supervised Financial Institutions (SFIs) have cause to smile. The SFIs, under their Uganda Bankers Association (UBA), will cease…
Ugandan banks have, under pressure from the central bank, agreed to drop a long-practised, but infamous practice of ‘fining’ customers for settling their outstanding loan obligations early. According to a…
Salaam Bank, formerly Top Finance Bank, has become the first financial institution in Uganda to be granted a license by the Bank of Uganda to offer Islamic Banking services. This…
Uganda’s Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Hon. Matia Kasaija, on 16th November 2022 signed a ministerial instrument, increasing the minimum capital requirements for banks by 6 times or…
In a bid to curtail inflation, the government of Uganda, through the Bank of Uganda (BoU) has increased the Central Bank Rate (CBR) by 1 percentage point to 8.5%. At…
