In July businessman Sudhir Ruparelia won yet another victory in the Supreme Court against Bank of Uganda over the fate of Crane Bank. The central bank closed Crane Bank in October 2016 claiming it was undercapitalised. The latest ruling is a culmination of a running battle between the central bank and Sudhir for four years.…
Dfcu Limited has recorded a 51 per cent drop in profitability for the first six months this year, according to its half-year financial results for the period ended June 30, 2022. The bank reported Shs18.7 billion in net profits after tax compared to 5hs49.9 billion in the corresponding period in 2021, representing a 51% slump…
Recently, the board of DFCU Bank Limited appointed Dr Winifred Mary Tarinyeba Kiryabwire as the Board Chairperson amidst the bank’s staggering status that has seen it losing millions of customers. Remember that Winifred’s appointment was after the bank releasing its 2021 results showing it had lost UGX313 billion or 12% of its customer deposits. Deposits,…
While Uganda’s banking sector recorded strong financial results for 2021, the Development Finance Company of Uganda (DFCU) Bank continues to reel from its acquisition of Crane Bank in 2017 and the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. The third-largest domestic bank in Uganda in terms of assets recorded a 46% drop in profit to USh9.3bn ($2.6m)…
Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) Group, the United Kingdom’s development finance institution recently announced its decision to sell its remaining 9.97% stake in the troubled dfcu bank. The shareholding was sold to IFU, the Danish development finance institution. CDC made its first investment in DFCU in 1964 as a founding partner to the bank and has…
The Board of DFCU bank has suggested that no profits should be extended to the shareholders in the wake of enlisting a drop in profits of Shs11 billion last year. The banks General Manager George Ochom, said the board saw it wise not to dispense any dividends to shareholders so that it can keep the…
DFCU bank has announced that shareholders of former Crane Bank Limited have filed a claim in the English High Court over its takeover of some assets and liabilities of the bank in 2017. This website understands that DFCU Bank is a subsidiary of DFCU Limited. Arise BV, and the majority shareholder in DFCU Limited is…
Rukh-Shana Namuyimba has resigned her role as DFCU Manager Communications and Events, a position she has held for the last four and a half years. Rukh-Shana throws in towel after holding the above position for four and a half years full of total mess following bank’s multi-scandals that have seen it losing reputation and millions…
Former employees of Crane Bank Limited (CBL) which was fraudulently taken over by Bank of Uganda (BoU) and later sold on phone have again dragged DFCU on behalf of 700 others to the High Court to compel production and inspection of several documents hitherto with held by DFCU Bank Ltd. This comes after High Court…
Struggling Dfcu bank has again come under fire for allegedly hiding corona numbers among its staffs at various branches in Kampala. Sources within Dfcu have disclosed that the bank has registered multiple undisclosed cases in the branches of Kampala Road branch, former crane chambers where three are sick so far, Ntinda capital shoppers branch where…
