E-payment Transactions Rose By N80bn To N21trn In June
Transactions through electronic payment (e-payment) channels increased by N80 billion to N21.27 trillion in May 2021 against the N21.19 trillion recorded in April 2021.
CEO of Financial Derivatives Company, Bismarck Rewane, said this in a report titled:...
Foreign Stock Investors Withdraw N99.94bn In Four Months
A total of N99.94bn was pulled out by foreign investors from the Nigerian stock market in the first four months of this year as foreign involvement plunged to a four-year low in April.
The foreign portfolio investors injected...
Foreign Portfolio Investment In Nigeria’s Equities Drop By 50.7%
Foreign investors’ confidence in the Nigerian equities market has continued to wane as their participation in the market fell by a huge 50.74 percent to N20.02 billion at the end of April 2021 from N40.64 billion...
'Foreign Investors’ Trapped $2bn Dragging Down External Reserves'
The clearing of foreign portfolio investors’ funds that have been trapped in Nigeria for months on the back of foreign exchange scarcity is putting downward pressure on the country’s external reserves.
The International Monetary Fund had in February...
WorldRemit Supports CBN’s Extension Of Naira-4-dollar Scheme
WorldRemit, a global cross-border payments company, has expressed support for the Central Bank of Nigeria’s decision to extend the deadline of the Naira-4-Scheme that was introduced in March this year.
The CBN had on May 6 announced that it...
CBN To Place Wheat, Sugar On Forex Restriction List
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is working to include sugar and wheat on the list of commodities that will be banned accessing foreign exchange (FX).
CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele made this disclosure on Thursday in Awe,...
