The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says receiving international money transfers in foreign currencies by Nigerians is detrimental to the Naira. Ms Ozemena Nnaji, Director, Trade and Exchange in the apex bank, told the House of Representatives Committees on Diaspora, Banking and Currency, and National Planning at an investigative hearing[Read More…]
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100 tonnes of mutilated naira notes destroyed weekly—CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said that about 100 tonnes of bad naira notes were generated as waste and destroyed weekly through open air burning at its 12 disposal centres across the country. Meanwhile, the apex bank has commenced the process of collaboration with private firms to recycle bad[Read More…]
Forex: CBN injects $218.41m, CNY 18m into retail secondary market
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has injected the sum of 218.41 million dollars into the retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS). The bank’s Director, Corporate Communications Department, Mr Isaac Okorafor made this known in a statement in Abuja on Friday. Okorafor said 18 million Yuan was also injected in[Read More…]
Senate probes alleged CBN Non-Remittance of N20 trillion Stamp Duty
The Senate is investigating alleged failure by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to remit stamp duty of over N20 trillion into the Federation Account. Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, Senator Uba Sani, All Progressives Congress, APC, Kaduna Central, who disclosed this, however, warned against[Read More…]
CBN sets new rules to improve PoS usage
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is taking steps meant to get more people embrace e-payment channels, especially Point of Sale (PoS) machine. The Nigeria Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS) data showed the total volumes of PoS transactions for 2017 stood at 146.3 million, which was worth N1.4 trillion; 285.9 million transactions[Read More…]