First Independent Mena Newspaper
Thanks to decades of investments, Moroccan major banks increased their market share in the 8 countries of the West African economic community (ECOWAS) to 21%. A recent ECOWAS report highlighted the expansion of Morocco’s Attijari Wafabank, BCP and Bank of Africa, whose activities dominate some countries such as Mali. In Mali, the three banks have […]
Moroccan banks have shown resilience to the impact of the Covid-19 crisis maintaining enough provisions to face the surge of the cost of risk due to a rise in impaired loans, analysts and the central bank say. The IMF has urged the Central Bank to keep ensuring that the Banks had enough provisions to deal […]
Morocco’s second largest bank, BCP, is said to be planning to allow in a major Asian bank as stakeholder in a bid to diversify its portfolio to Asia, Bloomberg reported. “The sale, which could be enacted through a cash injection, is the linchpin of a five-year strategy starting in 2021 that the Casablanca-based lender plans […]
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has sealed an agreement with Atlantic Microfinance for Africa (AMIFA), a subsidiary of the Moroccan Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP) Group, for developing new products and services to boost financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa. The agreement will enable AMIFA to strengthen the development capacity of its microfinance program in Sub-Saharan Africa […]
Morocco’s BCP bank started talks with French BCPE bank to buy major stakes in four of its African banks. BCP said in a statement it aims at acquiring BPCE’s controlling stakes in Cameroon, Madagascar, Congo and Tunisia. The French bank owns 68.5% of Banque Internationale du Cameroun pour l’Épargne et le Crédit (BICEC); 71% of […]
The Central People’s Bank of Morocco (BCP) has secured funds from Proparco and the African Development Bank, destined to upgrade its business financing in West Africa, mainly in Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali and Senegal, where the bank is operating through its subsidiary Banque Atlantique. BCP has thus signed Thursday in Casablanca a funding agreement with […]
Morocco’s BCP Bank and the African Development Bank teamed up in a $100 million agreement to boost trade between African countries. The deal (risk participation agreement) provides for cooperation to promote trade between African states by meeting the growing demand on financing transactions in the continent, the Moroccan bank said in a statement. The BCP […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) approved a loan of $200 million to Morocco to boost the country’s industrialization plan, local media said. The loan will help fund the first phase of the support program of the Industrial Acceleration Plan, which aims to create 500,000 jobs by 2020 and to increase the share of industry in […]
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Proparco, a subsidiary of Agence Française de Développement (AFD), are investing €100 million and €35 million, respectively, in the first green bond issuance by Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP), to promote sustainable, environment friendly projects in Morocco. This is the first green bond issuance in foreign currency […]
The Banker Magazine, an offshoot of the Financial Times, awarded Attijariwafa Bank the title of the “Best Moroccan Bank” in 2016 for the 8thconsecutive time. Attijariwafa Bank Group was awarded two other prizes in London during the month of December, granted by prestigious British magazines in recognition for its performance over the past year. EMEA […]