The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria on Friday said it was liaising with the Body of Banks’ Chief Executive Officers to address the current challenges occasioned redesign of the N1,000, N500, and N200 notes.
It said the banks would continue to remain open to serve the public as long as it was safe to do so.
It, however, said the safety of bank workers was paramount.
Several…
Problems accessing new Naira banknotes could increase as bank workers go on strike starting Monday.
The industrial action, is owing to attacks on bank workers by depositors of the old N,1000, N500 and N200 notes.
The Association of Banking, Insurance and Financial…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has ordered banks to start collecting the old N500 and N1,000 notes from the public with immediate effect.
It, however, pegged the maximum amount the banks can collect at N500,000.
The CBN maintained that the old currencies were no more legal…
Protest has erupted in Akure, the Ondo State capital, over the refusal of commercial banks to receive old naira notes from customers as well as pay out new notes.
The protest began at the First Bank, Alagbaka by angry customers who had waited for several hours without being attended to, according to a report by The Nation.
Other banks in Akure have shut businesses to avoid being…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed the validity of the use of old 200, 500 and 1000 naira notes.
The apex court maintained that the February 8 hearing which paused the implementation of the February 10 deadline ban on the use of old naira notes still subsists.
The…
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has said that Point of Sale agents who charge above N200 for the CBN cash swap programme will be arrested and jailed when caught.
He said this on Tuesday during a visit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to…
New Naira: Falana fires CBN for failing to comply with Supreme Court ruling.
February 14, 2023
Rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has lambasted the Central Bank of Nigeria for allegedly flouting the interim injunction of the Supreme Court suspending the implementation of the February 10 deadline on the use of the old banknotes.
The CBN had moved the deadline earlier set for the expiration of the legal tender status of the old notes from January 31 to February 10…
The Central Bank of Nigeria seized N365.24m counterfeit notes between 2016 and 2020,
The figures were collated from the CBN’s annual report for each year available on its website.
The 2017 CBN annual report noted that the bank seized 77,576 pieces of counterfeit banknotes…
Naira Deadline: Banks and fuel stations reject old bills, ignoring Supreme court orders.
February 14, 2023
Some commercial banks and filling stations have stopped collecting the old naira notes from customers, contrary to the ruling of the Supreme Court restraining the Federal Government from enforcing the February 10 time limit earlier fixed by the apex bank for the currency…
Jaiz Bank, the Premier Non-Interest Bank in Nigeria has recorded a N.67 billion Profit Before Tax, at the close of its 2022 operation year.
The figure, according to the statement by the bank, yesterday, represented a significant increase in Profit Before Tax (PBT) by 52.63% from the N4.37 billion recorded in December 2021.
The bank also declared a 29.35% increase in gross earnings, from…