Banks Borrowing From CBN Increase By 174% To N2.4trn     In apparent reflection of the intense scarcity of funds that prevailed in the interbank money market in April, banks’ borrowing from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) rose by 174 per cent to N2.48 trillion from...

In Three Months, Banks Borrowed N1.7trn From CBN         Deposit Money Banks borrowed N1.7tn from the Central Bank of Nigeria in the third quarter of 2020. The CBN disclosed this in its third quarter economic report. Part of the report read, “Deposit Money Banks and merchant banks continually...

Banks’ Average Daily Deposit With CBN Drops To N48.32bn       The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the average daily deposit amount of N84.27 billion in 246 transaction days in 2018 dropped to N48.32 billion in 251 transaction days in 2019. This was contained in the bank’s...

Banks’ Borrowings From CBN Drops By 93%       Deposit Money Banks’ reliance on the loans from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) fell sharply by 93 percent in August, driven by surge in idle cash (excess liquidity) in the interbank money market. Also reflecting the excess liquidity...