据彭博社报道，摩根大通有望获得尼日利亚商业银行牌照，此前该行已向尼日利亚中央银行缴纳了3800万美元的法定存款。如果成功，这家总部位于纽约的银行将为尼日利亚投资银行业增添相当大的分量，而该国正寻求吸引更多外资。
JPMorgan is on track to secure a merchant banking license in Nigeria after making a $38 million statutory deposit to the country’s central bank, Bloomberg reported. If successful, the New York-based lender, which has been bullish about Nigeria’s prospects, would add considerable heft to the investment banking sector as the country seeks to attract more foreign capital.
获得尼日利亚牌照的举措是该行非洲扩张战略的一部分，包括今年任命一位撒哈拉以南非洲投资银行业务负责人，并在内罗毕和阿比让开设办事处。此举正值尼日利亚证券监管机构本周发布一项为期10年的资本市场发展计划，目标包括将年度侨汇投资从40亿美元提高到100亿美元。这也紧随丹格特炼油厂的首次公开募股（IPO），后者目标是在募股结束前筹集至少16亿美元。
The move to acquire a Nigeria license is part of the bank’s Africa expansion, including the appointment of an investment banking lead for sub-Saharan Africa this year, and opening offices in Nairobi and Abidjan. It comes as Nigeria’s securities regulator this week unveiled a 10-year plan to grow the country’s capital markets, including a target to raise annual diaspora investment to $10 billion, from $4 billion. It also comes on the heels of the Dangote refinery’s IPO that is aiming to raise at least $1.6 billion by the time it closes.
