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Sterling Bank Plc, on Tuesday presented its unaudited financials for the nine-month ended September 30, 2018, indicating double-digit rise in earnings and other measurement parameters. Gross earnings rose for example by 21.09% from N94.65bn in the corresponding period of 2017 to N114.61bn; helped mainly by the N93.6bn interest income, which rose N78.63bn, representing a 19.03% notch; just as interest expense climbed 28.94% from N41.69bn to N53.76bn. Net interest income rose 7.84% from N36.94bn to N39.83bn; even as loan impairment charges fell by 52.63% to N3.62bn from N7.63bn; just as fee and commission income rose 19.4%from N9.04bn in 2017 to N10.79bn. Other income stood at N4.5bn, as against the previous N4.56bn; general and administration expenses increased 60.97% from N11.09bn to N17.85bn; personnel expenses increased by 13.19% from N8.66bn to N9.8bn. Depreciation and amortization recorded 15.47% increase from N3.63bn to N4.19bn; other operating expense stood at N11.51bn ...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) witnessed heavy trading in the shares of financial services supermarket- FBN Holdings as investors crossed a total of 400,000,632 units, representing 1.11% of its shares outstanding at N12.50 each in two deals. Investdata News learnt that the off-market trade worth N5bn was executed via negotiated deals between Cordros Securities Limited (buyer) and Fundvine Capital & Securities Limited (seller). This brought total volume of FBN Holdings traded for the day to 425.603m units in 378 deals. This brought total transaction volume for the day to 831.388m units worth N10.568bn, exchanged in 5,651 deals. The Financial Services sector accounted for 76% of total volume traded, which represented 74% by value, followed by the Oil and Gas sector’s 16.00% of volume traded and 1.79% of value, among others. http://investdata.com.ng/2018/03/investors-cross-400m-units-fbn-holdings-off-market-trade-n5bn/

Apparently worried by the mounting pile of non-performing loans in the books of the nation’s banks, even as the system is still struggling under the weight of the 2009/2011 debacle, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has set certain yardsticks for banks planning to pay dividend from their profit after tax. According to the letter to all banks, referenced: REF: BSD/DIR/GEN/LAB/11/002, titled “Re: Internal Capital Generation and Dividend Payout Ratio,” the banks are to facilitate sufficient and adequate capital build up in line with their risk appetite. The CBN, in the letter signed by Ahmad Abdullahi, director, Banking Supervision Department, barred with immediate effect, deposit money banks and discount houses from paying dividend from their reserves. Banks and Discount Houses that do not meet the minimum capital adequacy ratio from paying dividend; just as those with “a Composite Risk Rating (CRR) of “High” or a Non-Performing-Loan (NPL) ratio of above 10% shall not be allowed...