INTERVIEW: Housing Finance Bank on course to enhance digital-first banking experience for customers In this wide-ranging interview, Micheal Opira, the Chief Operations Officer at Housing Finance Bank discusses the vision of the bank as it moves to build a digital- first banking experience by continuously innovating and expanding the bank’s cutting edge offerings to meet the evolving needs of its customers.

Paul Murungi is a Ugandan Business Journalist with extensive financial journalism training from institutions in South Africa, London (UK), Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda. His coverage focuses on groundbreaking stories across the East African region with a focus on ICT, Energy, Oil and Gas, Mining, Companies, Capital and Financial markets, and the General Economy.

His body of work has contributed to policy change in private and public companies.

Paul has so far won five continental awards at the Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism in Johannesburg, South Africa, and several Uganda national journalism awards for his articles on business and technology at the ACME Awards.