Nigerian Bank FCMB Sees Capital Staying at ‘Comfortable’ Levels

Nigerian Bank FCMB Sees Capital Staying at ‘Comfortable’ Levels

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – FCMB Group Plc, a Nigerian lender which some analysts have said may need to raise capital, expects to remain comfortably above regulatory requirements for the rest of 2017. The Lagos-based bank raised 7 billion naira ($23 million) by selling bonds in the last quarter of 2016, “which was used to refinance term deposits and modestly increased capital,’’ Ladi Balogun, chief executive officer of First City Monument Bank Ltd., said in…

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