The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has announced plans to sell off properties and assets belonging to the defunct Heritage Bank in a bid to recover funds for uninsured depositors. This move, which the NDIC describes as crucial, is part of its statutory mandate as the liquidator of failed banks under Section 62(1)(d) of the NDIC Act, 2023. The exercise, …

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation says it has disbursed the insured deposits of N5 million each to 82.36 per cent of the total customers of the defunct Heritage Bank. It also noted that 17.64 per cent of the insured deposits still pending payment mainly belong to depositors with accounts that have Post-No Debits instructions or lack a Bank Verification Number. …

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation has announced a revision of the Maximum Deposit Insurance Coverage (MDIC) for banks operating within the country. At a media briefing in Abuja, NDIC’s Managing Director, Bello Hassan stated the new coverage benchmarks. The MDIC for Deposit Money Banks has been raised from N500,000 to N5 million, while that of Microfinance Banks is reviewed from …

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) said that it has paid an insured sum of over N1.7 billion to customers, following the revocation of licences of Microfinance Banks and four Primary Mortgage Banks. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, NDIC, Mr. Bello Hassan said this at the 2023 NDIC Editors Forum on Saturday in Lagos State. The meeting had the theme, …

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has paid N1.39 billion to 36,163 depositors of 110 closed microfinance banks and three primary mortgage banks. According to the CEO of NDIC, Bello Hassan, this followed the recent revocation of some MFBs and PMBs licences by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), revealing that the payments of the statutory insured sums are still …

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) on Thursday in Enugu assured depositors of the safety of their money against unusual bank failures. The assurance was given by the Senior Manager, Enugu Zonal Office of NDIC, Mr Othman Afolayan who represented the Managing Director, Mr Bello Hassan at the NDIC Day at the ongoing 34th Enugu International Trade Fair. He said …