Banking

Expert tasks CBN on exploitative bank charges

Mr Okechukwu Unegbu, a financial expert, has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria to check the multiplicity of service charges by Deposit Money Banks. Unegbu, a past president of the Chattered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, made the appeal in an interview on Sunday in Abuja. According to him, banks no longer empathise with their customers, as was the case in the past. “What we have now is a…
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Economy

Why CBN unified exchange rates –Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu Thursday in Lagos said he could have chosen to maintain the multiple foreign exchange systems he met upon assuming office and benefit from it, but instead opted to unify the official and parallel market rates to save the country from financial…
Banking

FG records N930bn two-month deficit - CBN

The Federal Government recorded N930.8bn fiscal deficit in January and February 2023 according to the Central Bank of Nigeria. The CBN stated in its monthly economic report for February 2023 that, “The estimated overall fiscal deficit of the FGN expanded in February, due…
Banking

CBN, varsity partner on eNaira

The Central Bank of Nigeria has partnered with Benson Idahosa University, Benin, Edo State, to deepen adoption of eNaira as a payment system and medium of exchange. Branch Controller, CBN, Benin, Michael Mbeze, stated this during a three-day training of students of the institution on the application of eNaira. Mbeze said that the eNaira, just like the physical Naira, was also an official legal…
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Banking

CBN supplies more new notes to banks

With rising concerns around the seeming disappearance of newly redesigned notes, the Central Bank of Nigeria has said it is supplying more quantities of the new notes to banks. This was according to a statement by the CBN’s Acting Director, Corporate Communications, Dr Isa…
Banking

CBN approves George-Taylor as new CEO Heritage Bank

The Board of Directors of Heritage Bank has announced Mr Akinola George-Taylor as the substantive Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the bank. Mr Ozena Utulu, Group Head, Corporate Communications of the bank, said this in a statement on Sunday. The statement…
Banking

CBN prohibits banks from seeking more expansion.

The Central Bank of Nigeria has barred banks and other financial institutions seeking a conversion licence from expanding or reducing their current banking network in its new draft guidelines. The CBN discloses this in a circular tagged ‘FPR/DIR/PUB/CIR/001/072’ to banks and other financial institutions, which was titled ‘Regulatory guidelines for change of operational licence for banks and…
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Banking

CBN tells banks to open on Saturdays and Sundays.

Central Bank of Nigeria has directed all commercial banks to open for operation on Saturdays and Sundays, as part of a coordinated effort to ease circulation of banknotes of various denominations. The apex bank also confirmed the evacuation of banknotes from its vaults to…
Banking

CBN prohibits agents from using POS terminals for transactions.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has barred agents from using Point of Sale (PoS) terminals meant for merchants to carry out cash-in and cash-out transactions. The apex bank disclosed this in a circular announcing the Exposure Draft of the Regulatory Framework for Agent Banking in Nigeria. According to the CBN, the agent banking initiative has resulted in the proliferation of financial services…
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