The nation’s Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) opted to deposit a whopping N545.71 billion in the tills of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) than deploying them in the economic segments of the country, earning just N180 million in the month of October 2019.

The nation’s Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) is currently dominated by seven operators, with a cumulative asset base of 63.8 per cent, valued at N35.1 trillion, the latest Financial Stability Report of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said.

In 2017, the then Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, embarked on a $3billion Eurobond debt. She explained that the move was to take advantage of the favourable international market to raise cheap funds for the country, mostly to refinance Federal Government’s maturing local debts.

Experts in Nigeria’s banking sector have tipped Payment Service Banks (PSBs), as an initiative that have the potential to usher in innovative payment solutions that can revolutionise the banking and financial services ecosystem, and narrow the financial exclusion gap of the country.

As part of activities to mark the 2019 Financial Literacy Day and Global Money Week, the Bankers’ Committee, an umbrella body for officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and managing directors of deposit money banks (DMBs), recently visited 488 schools in 193 local governments nationwide.   Each financial institution in the country selected…

The nation’s Deposit Money Banks may have begun a new era in credit creation, as they allocated higher credits to different sectors of the economy in the first quarter (Q1) 2018.

The shareholders, who argued that the market is information-driven, said with the little signs of recovery and capital appreciation witnessed recently, government at all levels must be cautious, and avoid any actions and decisions that could send wrong signals, and erode investors’ confidence in the market.

Deposit Money Banks [DMBs] in the country yesterday announced that as part of their contribution to the Nigerian economy, it has concluded plans to float a N25 billion...

The contribution of the non-oil sector to Nigeria’s economy continues to expand, relative to the oil sector due to a combination of lower oil prices ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed commercial banks to conduct Know Your Customers' Businesses (KYCB) to ensure customers do not transact illegal or illicit remittances through the banking industry.

Nigerians will, from today, struggle harder for foreign exchange as banks are also looking for it, especially the United States dollar, to scale up their loan provisions.