
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has introduced stricter penalties for banks and accredited cheque printers that breach the Nigeria Cheque Standard and the Cheque Printers Accreditation...

Nigeria’s banking sector is in the final stretch of its recapitalisation drive, with lenders intensifying capital actions ahead of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) March...

Kayode Egbetokun, inspector-general of Police (IGP), has declared Nigeria’s banking industry a strategic national asset, ordering an immediate intelligence-led crackdown on cybercriminal networks, insider facilitators, and...

By Blaise Udunze The moment the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, recently announced that Nigeria’s foreign reserves had inched to $49...

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) have proposed that customers must receive refunds within 30 seconds for failed airtime and data purchases...

Bank of Industry (BOI) has received Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) approval to launch a Non-Interest Banking (NIB) Window, expanding ethical financing for underserved businesses nationwide....

Femi Otedola, group chairman, First Bank Holdings, has justified the company’s decision to write off N748bn in legacy non-performing loans, saying the move was a deliberate...

By Blaise Udunze The Central Bank of Nigeria’s recapitalisation exercise, which is scheduled for a March 31, 2026, deadline, has continued to reignite optimism across financial...

By Blaise Udunze The Olayemi Cardoso-led Central Bank of Nigeria’s 24-month compliance timeline for the recapitalization of Nigeria’s banking system is about to conclude on March...

Kuda Microfinance Bank (Kuda MFB) has received a license from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to operate as a National Microfinance Bank, which means that...