Banco Millennium Atlântico CEO: ‘Credit is only one piece’ as interest on lending to women entrepreneurs slashed from 23% to 7.5%
Angola’s fifth-largest bank by assets is doubling down on women-led businesses after slashing interest rates for female entrepreneurs by more than two-thirds. Speaking to AFIS, Banco Millennium Atlântico CEO Isabel Espírito Santo outlines her next steps to scale financial access. She also tackles what a new financial architecture might look like for Angola as the […]
Banco Nacional de Angola Governor: Hosting AFIS, fixing challenges to cross-border regulatory harmony and the next supervisory priorities in fintech
Manuel António Tiago Dias, governor of Banco Nacional de Angola, the country’s central bank, speaks to AFIS about encouraging international banks’ entry into Angola, the next moves to regulate the fintech, mobile, and digital banking, and addressing “structural challenges” holding back prudential regulatory harmony across African jurisdictions. He was speaking to the AFIS platform ahead […]