Other banks say the government needs to urgently pass regulatory framework Stanbic has identified about 1000 agents to deal with as soon as the proposed new agency banking is legalised, according to the Chief Executive Officer of Uganda’s largest bank, Patrick Mweheire. In an interview with The Independent, Mweheire said …
Read More »Digital banking: Why it is good for business and jobs
When The Independent recently spoke to William Sekabembe, the chief of business and executive director at dfcu about the bank’s strategy on digital banking, his comments reflected the popular view. “We are investing heavily in technology so we can serve our customers without necessarily opening new branches in all parts …
Read More »Stanbic Bank registers Shs 107 billion in net half year profit
Stanbic Bank’s Mweheire steady – Bank registers Shs 107 billion in net half year profit, shareholders to get Shs 2.1 dividend per share When Patrick Mweheire became the first Ugandan to head Stanbic Bank, there was some apprehension about how Uganda’s largest bank by assets would survive in the challenging economic …
Read More »Stanbic nets Shs 150 bn profit
Slightly over a year ago, Patrick Mweheire was appointed CEO of Stanbic Bank Uganda, to become the first Ugandan to head the bank since Standard Bank, a South African financial services giant, took it over 15 years ago. On April 14, Mweheire, who presided over the presentation of the bank’s …
Read More »Umeme, Stanbic share price up
By Julius Businge Umeme’s share price has appreciated from Shs 314 a few weeks ago to Shs 345 today (May 6), according to official trading figures released by the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) on May 6. The figures show that the power distributor company that listed on the USE in …
Read More »Stanbic’s profit after tax up 7.4%
By Julius Businge Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited, Uganda’s largest commercial bank has recorded sh130bn profit after tax for the year ended December 2012 up from sh121bn a year earlier, the Bank’s financial results released on March 18 reads. The Bank’s expenditure however, increased from sh267bn for the year ended December …
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