With two weeks to the September 30 deadline given by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for commercial banks to maintain a minimum Loan-to-Deposit Ratio (LDR) of 60 per cent, the financial institutions have launched an aggressive deposit drive to meet the target, findings by THISDAY have …...
The Nigerian banking industry lost N15.15 billion to cyber-crime and forgeries in 2018. This amount was 539% higher than the N2.37 billion recorded in 2017.
This information was contained in the 2018 report of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Commission (NDIC), posted on its website on Friday...
The new Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) policy on Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) which became effective yesterday, may lead to a reduction in cost of managing system liquidity for the banking sector regulator, analysts have said.
The CBN announced on Wednesday that it would no longer...
Tough times await chronic bank debtors as chief executive officers of financial institutions have resolved to create and maintain what they term a ‘Black Book’ for the compilation of details of loan defaulters that will be shared among …
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In spite of embarking on aggressive cost-cutting measures in recent years as part of efforts to remain profitable, Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) in Nigeria still continue to grapple with rising personnel costs, findings by New Telegraph show.
For instance, this newspaper’s analysis of the first …...
The increasing popularity of digital banking and the rising use of technology in back-end processes, coupled with lenders’ efforts to cut costs in order to cope with the tough times, is forcing deposit money banks (DMBs) in the country to scale back branch expansion plans, findings …
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A Five-month survey on banks in Nigeria has revealed customers’ dissatisfaction with some of the digital services rendered by them.
Conducted by Agusto&Co and unveiled to journalists in Lagos yesterday, the study indicated that platforms like mobile apps, Unstructured Supplementary Service Data...
Stakeholders have continued to applaud the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited over its decision to source about $7 billion from global financial markets for the construction of its Train 7.
The stakeholders, who spoke to Daily Sun in separate interviews, noted that …
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Predictions that declining yields on securities, coupled with continuing tight conditions in the credit market, would make deposit money banks (DMBs) in the country to increase their focus on other sources of income seem to be coming to pass.
Already, seven lenders raked in a total of N244.15...
Nigerian banks borrowed N662.8bn from the total pension funds under the Contributory Pension Scheme as of the end of May 2018.
Figures obtained by our correspondent from the National Pension Commission revealed that this amounted to 8.4 per cent of the total pension assets, which was …
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Credit facilities allocated to the private sector by Nigerian banks declined by 1.69 percent to N15.34 trillion in the second quarter (Q2) of 2018 from N15.60 trillion in Q2 2017 as shown in the most recent Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report.
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Many of the Nigerian banks that gave loans to core investors during the privatisation of the power sector in 2013 may have incurred losses, our correspondent has learnt.
It was gathered that the banks had, in the past four years, been struggling to ensure the repayment …
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A total volume of 509,668,433 transactions valued at N32.90tn were recorded in the second quarter of 2018 as data on electronic payment channels in the country’s banking sector.
According to figures obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics, on Monday, Automated Teller Machine …
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it will support banks to enable them to give loans to players in the agricultural and manufacturing sector at a single digit interest rate.
Addressing journalists on Thursday after the CBN Bankers’ Committee meeting, Ahmed Abdullahi, CBN director, banking...
Nigerians opened 11.2 million bank accounts in the first half of 2018 (H1’2018) comprising 8.3 million savings accounts and 1.8 million current accounts....
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The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has again called on the Federal Government to compel commercial banks to discontinue the deduction of N50 as stamp duties from the accounts of customers.
The Director-General of NECA, Mr Olusegun Oshinowo, made the appeal in an interview...
Two years after its initial launch, banks and telecommunication operators in Nigeria have come together to promote mCASH, a payment solution that is meant to be the nation’s version of Kenya’s mPESA.
Speaking at the re-launch of the payment solution, the managing director and chief executive...
Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has lauded the managerial prowess of the Board and Management of Omoluabi Mortgage Bank Plc., for recording....
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Thirteen commercial banks quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) raked in N655.669 billion from fees and commission income last year, figures compiled from the full year 2017 audited results have shown.
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