Takefuji rose to become the largest lender in the nation in March 2002, with outstanding loans worth around ¥1.77 trillion. Eight years later it had fallen to fourth and its loan portfolio had sh… View full post on All Stories

By Amaka Agwuegbo The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has said high level of non-performing loans, resulting in high portfolio at risk (PAR), which had impaired their capital and gross undercapitalizat… View full post on All Stories

The active management of credit risk has been receiving increasing regulator attention and strategic focus at many financial institutions. Regulators cite poor credit risk management at the portfolio level, weak credit standards for borrowers and counterparties, and insufficient attention to changes in economic and other circumstances affecting the capacity of borrowers and counterparties as the [...]