BankingEconomy

CBN releases INEC cash ahead of elections.

THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released cash to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ahead of national and state elections on February 25 and March 11. The amount was not disclosed. A source at the apex bank confirmed to The Nation that the cash was…
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A man arrested with 250,000 fake new notes in Omuo Ekiti

Operatives of the Ekiti State Amotekun Corps have arrested a man, identified as Celestine, with counterfeited new N1,000 notes amounting to about N250,000. Celestine, who claimed he was an Anambra State born Lagos-based businessman, said he was heading from Lagos State to…
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CBN said that only old N200 banknotes will be reissued and distributed.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that only the old N200 notes will be reissued and will circulate alongside the new notes at the behest of President Muhammadu Buhari. The bank confirmed this in a statement signed on Tuesday in Lagos by Edward Adamu, vice president of corporate services, and Osita Nwanisobi, director of corporate communications at CBN. CBN said in a fake press release…
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Foreign reserves down $427 million - CBN

Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserves fell $427.14 million this month, data from the Nigerian Central Bank showed on Monday. This is due to the fact that the currency crisis in the country was exacerbated by the shortage of new naira banknotes. According to CBN’s foreign exchange reserves movement data, foreign exchange reserves, which stood at $37.21 billion as of January 18, decreased…
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Banking

Ecobank rewards customers for using digital channels.

Ecobank has rewarded four customers with N1m each for using the electronic payment channels of the bank regularly. During the cheque presentation at its super rewards event in Lagos, the bank said it introduced the programme to promote the use of its electronic payment…
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Gratitude from Premium Trust Bank.

PremiumTrust Bank has received ‘Nigeria’s Fastest Growing Bank 2022’ and ‘Bank of The Year 2022 (Sports Development)’ awards from the Management of BusinessDay Banks & Other Financial Institutions Awards Committee. The management of BAFI Awards noted that…
BankingEconomy

The naira crisis worsened as the currency in circulation fell to 1.54 trillion naira.

As the Naira crisis worsened, the total amount of money in circulation in the Nigerian economy fell from 3.3 trillion naira to 1.54 trillion naira, according to documents from the Central Bank of Nigeria. This was due to a huge shortage of new naira banknotes, while a dire shortage of the old currency caused great hardship and suffering for millions of Nigerians and left some stranded. According…
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