Pandemonium broke out on Friday at some markets, schools and banks in Onitsha and Nnewi the commercial and industrial towns of Anambra State, as commercial and business activities were disrupted following sporadic gunshots by unknown gunmen enforcing the sit-at-home order. The development caused traders at the markets in the communities including Onitsha Main Market, Ochanja Central Market, Relief Market and …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) and Other Financial Institutions (OFIs) in the country to be wary of transactions with businesses and persons in the Russian Federation, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Iran and Cameroun. The warning was contained in a circular referenced: FPR/AML/PUB/BOF/001/029, which was issued on Thursday by the Director, Financial …

Commercial banks’ customers deposited N8.9 trillion new cash in banks’ vaults in the last one year, members of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)-led Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) have said. MPC member,  Prof. Festus Adenikinju, said the deposit base represents a 21.4 per cent increase to about N44 trillion in total industry deposits between April 2022 and April 2023. Likewise, …

Telecommunication firms have said they will not be forgiving the N120 billion Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) debt banks owe them. They stated that banks must pay the debt, insisting banks would be disconnected once every effort at resolution was exhausted. According to the Chairman, Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria, Mr. Gbenga Adebayo, banks are yet to positively …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has given banks and other financial institutions a 30-day timeline to close accounts without Bank Verification Number (BVN). Data from the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) showed that 57.39 million customers’ accounts have been linked to their BVNs as at 8th April. According to a review of the ‘Regulatory Framework for Bank Verification Number …

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has granted telecommunications operators in Nigeria the approval to disconnect banks over N120 billion unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) debt, according to the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON). ALTON Chairman Mr Gbenga Adebayo in Lagos said in a statement on Friday that the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) would disconnect banks if they failed …

The Central Bank of Nigeria has said that it would sanction banks assisting the operations of unlicensed foreign firms. In its ‘Guidelines for the Regulation of Representative Offices of Foreign Banks in Nigeria’, signed by its Director of Financial Policy and Regulation, Muhammad Musa and released on Monday, the regulatory bank stated: “Any CBN regulated entity found to be assisting, …

Kano State Governor-elect, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf, on Saturday, asked local and international lenders to stop giving loans to Kano State government. In the advisory issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, Yusuf said that any local or international organisation that would issue loan to Abdullahi Umar Ganduje administration from 18th March to 29th May does so …

US President Joe Biden called on banking regulators Thursday to reinstate tougher rules on midsized banks, saying that doing so would prevent future failures like that of Silicon Valley Bank. While his predecessor Donald Trump eased rules for banks with between $100 billion and $250 billion in assets, Biden urged regulators to instead consider a set of reforms to “reduce …

Deposit Money Banks  (DMBs) are planning to increase their cash withdrawal limits from the current N20,000 to N50,000 range to over N80,000 to N100,000, according to multiple bank officials. The approach, it was learned, will allow bank branches to reduce lingering queues in various cities across the country. As part of a concerted effort to facilitate the circulation of both …