ENUGU – President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the world-class Post-Graduate Centre of Excellence at the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus (UNEC) constructed and donated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), which he lauded for making huge investments for the overall development of the country. Speaking shortly before he unveiled the commemorative plaque and cut the ceremonial tape to formally inaugurate the building, President Buhari said the construction of the project by the CBN had also underscored the Federal Government’s…
CBN reforms trigger fears of African banks stability S&P
The recent intervention by the Central Bank of Nigeria in five ”troubled” banks, which led to the sack of their chief executive officers and revealed significant liquidity crisis, has triggered fears about the stability of African banks, according to a credit rating agency, Standard and Poor‘s. French news agency, AFP, on Thursday, quoted S&P as saying that sub-Saharan Africa faced further obstacles such as increased regulation of financial markets in reaction to the credit crunch and fears about the stability…
CBN must adopt new measures on forex
Nigeria’s naira has remained relatively stable at all segments of the foreign exchange markets in the last one and half years, no thanks to the introduction of the Investors and Exporters’ Foreign Exchange Window by the Central Bank of Nigeria in April 2017 and the relative stability in the global oil price in recent time. But still, the naira is traded within a range of N306 to the dollar on the official window and N363 to the dollar on the…
CBN leaves interest rate at 14%, Emefiele gives reasons
The CBN has retained the rate it lends to commercial banks at 14 per cent since 2016 – According to the CBN governor, the Monetary Policy Committee resolved to retain the cash reserve ratio (CRR) at 22.5 per cent and liquidity ratio at 30 per cent – Emefiele said Nigeria’s foreign reserve has grown from $42.54 billion as at December 2018 to $43.28 billion as at January 21 The Central Bank of Nigeria has left its lending rate for banks…
Nigeria seeks to capture over 50 million unbanked population
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued licenses to five new banks, according to three banking sources familiar with the matter, who spoke to us. Sources say the CBN is being driven by the need to attract new investments into the sector and serve the country’s over 50 million unbanked and under-banked people, even as current banks have struggled to grow loan books since an economic slump in 2016 caused bad loans to surge. The sources, who say the…
CBN to withdraw dirty notes from circulation
The Central Bank of Nigeria said it has plans to withdraw dirty notes from circulation – The apex bank noted that a large number of the N7.9 trillion pieces of naira notes in circulation were bad – CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, is expected to launch a policy to address this problem The Central Bank of Nigeria has recognised the fact that a large portion of the N7.9 trillion pieces of naira notes in circulation are dirty, mutilated, unfit for Automated…
CBN to Establish Collateral Management Regime to Regulate Fintech
In order to encourage innovation in the payment system, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is putting in place a Collateral Management Regime (CMR) to regulate the activities of Fintech firms and startups in the country. The Director, Payments System Management Department (PSMD), Sam Okojere, who represented the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, disclosed in his keynote address at the inaugural Lagos Fintech Week in Lagos, that, “the CMR is being developed in line with on-going efforts to evolve a robust collateral…
Nigeria’s Microfinance Bank Disburse N482.896 Billion Loans in 2018
CBNMicrofinance Bank Loans to MSMEs Hits N482.896 billion – Emefiele The total loans granted by Micro Finance Banks (MFBs) to their customers stood at N482.896 billion as at December, 2018, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has stated Emeflele, who made the disclosure during his keynote address at the 27th Seminar for Finance Correspondents and Business Editors held in Gombe, as well held that the MFBs were helping to drive financial inclusion among the financially excluded…
Central Bank of Nigeria Auditing Banks
The CBN has noted with concern stories in some segments oF the press purporting to report decisions taken as a result of the ongoing audit of Nigerian banks. The Central Bank confirms that examiners have concluded their work on 11 out of the 14 banks not included n he first audit exercise. They have also made significant progress on the remaining three banks and these are Citibank, Stanbic IBTC and Standard Chartered. The Central Bank confirms that the complete reports…
3 Things to Know Before Taking Out a Loan
Taking out a loan is a big step financially and should not be taken lightly. Yes, we understand there are those emergency situations that require you to borrow money. However, there are some things you want to keep in mind to determine if this is the best option for you. We made this brief list of 3 things you want to keep in mind before making a decision as big as taking out a loan. Consider Your Options Why do…