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Inside Job: Suspect in PostBank Shs 500 Million Counterfeit Arrested

Inside Job: Suspect in PostBank Shs 500 Million Counterfeit Arrested

Post Bank has said that its staff colluded and put fake currency in its branch in Mbale.This week, the bank confirmed that its internal control mechanism had discovered counterfeit notes worth sh 500 million in the Mbale branch.Bundles of counterfeit sh 50,000 notes were found on No

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To cap or not to cap interest rates

To cap or not to cap interest rates

The Parliament has passed a law mandating the Minister of Finance to prescribe a maximum interest rate that money lenders may charge their borrowers. Not surprisingly, the moneylenders’ association has “rejected” the new law, arguing that the government has no right to control what doe

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Some EFC, Mercantile depositors yet to pick their money, says DPF 

Some EFC, Mercantile depositors yet to pick their money, says DPF 

The Deposit Protection Fund of Uganda (DPF) has asked depositors of the closed EFC Uganda and Mercantile Credit Bank who have not picked their money to make necessary arrangements to enable the Fund to pay their protected deposit up to the limit of Shs10m.   Speaking during the Makere

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BoU closes EFC Uganda Limited

BoU closes EFC Uganda Limited

Bank of Uganda (BoU) has placed EFC Uganda Limited, a microfinance deposit-taking institution, under liquidation, revoked its license, and ordered for the winding up of its affairs in the country.According to Michael Atingi-Ego, the deputy Bank of Uganda governor, the decision to close EFC

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