Tag: Sierra Leone

Access Bank Acquires Standard Chartered Bank, Angola, Sierra Leone

Ganiyu Amodu

Access Bank Plc has completed the acquisition of Standard Chartered Bank Angola S.A and Standard Chartered Bank (Sierra Leone] Limited . Commenting on the completion milestone, Roosevelt Ogbonna, the MD/CEO of Access Bank PLC and CEO of the Banking Group said: ‘We are pleased to have successfully concluded 2 important acquisitions in Angola and Sierra Leone, affording us synergies to strengthen the quality of our earnings from both countries by significantly growing our share of the Corporate and SME banking in the two markets. The combinations represent another significant step…

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Fraudsters Hack Into Firms’ Accounts in Nigeria, Others, Steal $11M

Ganiyu Amodu

    A gang of hackers, OPERA1ER, stole at least $11m from companies in Nigeria, Benin, Cameroon, 11 other African countries, and Argentina. This is according to a new report from Group-IB, a cybersecurity firm, entitled, “OPERA1ER: Playing God without permission,” in collaboration with the researchers from Orange CERT Coordination Center. The firm disclosed that digital forensic artifacts analysed by it and Orange followed more than 30 successful intrusions of the gang between 2018 and 2022. READ ALSO: Fraud alert: Cyber Fraudsters Clone Lagos Gov Sanwo-Olu’s Accounts Hushpuppi Jailed, Bags…

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