Denmark Largest Bank Danske Defrauds US Banks, Forfeits $2bn   According to court documents, Danske Bank defrauded U.S. banks regarding Danske Bank Estonia’s customers and anti-money laundering controls to facilitate access to the U.S. financial system for Danske Bank Estonia’s high-risk customers, who resided outside of...

Banks’ Consumer Loans Increases By 31% To N2.55trn On Rising Inflation     On the back of rising inflation rate in Nigeria, banks’ consumer loans rose by 31 per cent or N615.82 billion in one month to N2.55trillion in July 2022 from N1.93trillion in June 2022, the...

Currency Outside Banks Increased By N108.67bn To N2.84trn In October   As the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) steps up effort to redesign N200, N500, and N1,000 notes currently in circulation, currency outside the banks added N108.67billion to N2.84 trillion in October 2022 from N2.73 trillion...

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...