Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Commercial Court has summoned DFCU bank to file a defence within 15 days explaining why it has refused to pay debts that were incurred by the now closed Crane Bank. This follows a suit filed by an advertising company Premier Advertsing and media Ltd …
Read More »Bank of Uganda denies hiding cash in Germany
BOU denies hiding cash on foreign account in Germany Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Bank of Uganda (BOU) has dismissed as untrue reports that it has hidden Sh10.7 billion in a bank in Germany, an issue that has been widely spread on social media in the past week. In …
Read More »The secrets behind the Sudhir saga
How BoU is overseeing the biggest asset grab ever Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | On July 3, Crane Bank which is under receivership by Bank of Uganda (BoU) sued its former owner, Sudhir Ruparelia, and a company called Meera Investments Ltd also owned by Sudhir in what might turn …
Read More »Top CEOs call for Ugandan agricultural revolution
Three top Chief Executive Officers from three different sectors have called on government and the private sector to think big about transforming Uganda’s current peasantry and subsistence agriculture, to a new commercial level Jimmy Mugerwa, the General Manager at Tullow Oil Uganda, William Sekabembe, the Executive Director at dfcu …
Read More »COVER: Buganda land wrangles
Next fight between Kabaka, Museveni? Did President Yoweri Museveni recently summon Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II to a hurried meeting over the rampant land evictions in Buganda? Possibly he did or possibly he did not. What is known is that a meeting took place between them on April 07. …
Read More »Housing Finance Bank registers Shs 18.05bn net profit
It now joins Stanbic, Stanchart, DFCU, DTB that have also recorded surge in profits in 2016 Uganda’s commercial banks spent almost the entire of last year worried about making money in a rather challenging economic environment that was characterised by high interest rates amidst slow economic activities. But they seemed …
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 »How Dfcu beat other investors to take-over Crane Bank
Dfcu’s new take-over will help expand its footprint countrywide When Bank of Uganda Governor Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile announced that they were transferring liabilities and assets of Crane Bank to the Development Finance Company of Uganda (Dfcu), many wondered how that was possible. Crane Bank, set up in 1995, has been the …
Read More »INDEPENDENT: IMF boss ensures 2017 budget will be ‘hard’
THE LAST WORD Museveni freedom fighter talk: Why Museveni said he is not a servant of anyone and who may have been the target of his statement. COVER STORY IMF boss ensures 2017 budget will be `hard’:When President Yoweri Museveni, Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Matia Kasaija, Governor …
Read More »DFCU takes over Crane Bank
Bank of Uganda has confirmed that it has transferred the assets of Crane Bank to DFCU Bank. “In exercise of its powers as Receiver, under Sec 95(1)(b) of FIA, BoU has now transferred the liabilities (incl deposits) of CB to DFCU Bank,” Bank Governor Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile told the press in …
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