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FDH Bank Partners with MPC to Present Banki Pakhomo
In October 2020, this leading Malawian commercial bank announced via its website that it had partnered with Malawi Postal Corporation (MPC) to provide the ground-breaking Banki Pakhomo banking service. Speaking at a briefing staged in Blantyre, Malawi, Elias Ngalande,...
Upgrades to the FDH Mobile Platform
In September 2020, FDH Bank announced a comprehensive range of mobile app upgrades via its corporate website. The upgrades introduce a variety of new resources, including biometric registration and access, KYC verification, TNM and Airtel Money, contactless...
William Mpinganjira appointed CEO of FDH Financial Holdings
In September 2020, FDH Financial Holdings announced the appointment of William Mpinganjira as Group CEO. The announcement came following the retirement of the esteemed financial expert and business leader Dr Thomson Mpinganjira. Approved by the Reserve Bank of Malawi...
FDH Financial Holdings Amasses Half Year Profits of MK5.8 Billion
FDH Financial Holdings, the parent company of FDH Bank, posted after-tax profits of MK5.87 billion for the first half of 2020, representing an 18% increase on the MK4.96 billion achieved by the company over a similar period in 2019. In a statement signed by Noel...
FDH Bank: Supporting Malawian Students
In 2017, FDH Bank provided a vital boost to Blantyre’s Chilobwe Community Technical College by gifting MK20 million in information and communications technology (ICT) equipment to the learning institution. Speaking at the handover ceremony, FDH Bank’s Head of Personal...
Minister Praises FDH Bank’s E-Payment Services
Malawian Minister of Population Planning and Social Welfare, Mary Clara Makungwa, praised the efforts of FDH Bank in delivering electronic payment and social cash transfer services throughout Malawi’s Ntcheu District. The social cash transfer programme known as...
What Is Digital Disruption?
There has been an exponential rise in digital innovations in recent years, with companies such as Spotify, Airbnb and Uber challenging the existence of dominant firms and revolutionising whole industries and markets. This radical advancement of digital technologies,...
FDH Bank Provides Covid-19 Loan Repayment Relief
As Malawi continues to grapple with the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak, FDH Bank offered a moratorium to customers who had taken out loans and been negatively affected by the pandemic, effectively freezing loan repayments for a period of three months. In a statement,...
Dr Thomson Mpinganjira’s Speech on Thought Leadership
In June 2019, FDH Financial Holdings founder Dr Thomson Mpinganjira made a moving speech at a conference in Lilongwe, Malawi, discussing the hurdles and challenges he encountered in establishing one of the fastest growing financial service empires in Malawi today. The...
Dr Thomson Mpinganjira: Effective Corporate Strategies
Defining corporate strategy is a continuing process which all enterprises need to revisit and realign. Where organisations fail to evolve to consumer demand, they quickly get left behind. This article outlines integral steps to corporate planning, identifying key...