Naira Redesign: CBN Directs Banks To Work On Saturdays The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has instructed commercial banks to work on Saturdays to enable customers to return old naira notes in exchange for new ones. The apex bank had announced plans to redesign the N200,...

E-payment Transactions Decline To N32.84trn   Banks network malfunction, among other factors, contributed to N396.18billion or 1.19 per cent decline in Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Systems (NIBSS) Instant Payment Platform (NIP) to N32.84 trillion in September 2022 from N33.2 trillion reported by NIBSS in August 2022. The latest...

467 Financial Institutions Liquidated Till Date - NDIC   The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) yesterday disclosed that it has successfully liquidated 467 financial institutions till date, that is, of both depositors and creditors. The insured financial institutions, according to the Corporation, comprise of 49 Deposit...

13 Banks Generate N2.04trn Interest From Customers Loans, Securities Investment   A total of 13 banks generated N2.04trillion interest from customers loans, Securities investments, among others in first half year ended June 30, 2022 on the back of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) hike in the...

FG To Banks: Take Opportunity Of AfCTA’s N3.4trn   The Federal Government says the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA) has opened up opportunities for the Nigerian finance industry. The government says the African free trade will create $3.4tn opportunity and deepen the financial technology space for...

Banks Ration Forex Sales As Scarcity Deepens   Banks have begun to reduce approval requests for Personal Travel Allowance and Business Travel Allowance to legitimate users. The legitimate users will be able to access forex only once in two quarters. Before this new development, the banks had been...