•CBN headquarters, Abuja Eight commercial banks have fallen short of the Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) required for international authorisation, the stress test conducted by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has shown. The affected banks have been put under pressure to raise their capital base to bridge the gap, which was brought about by the [...
•CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso Huge crowd besieged banking halls yesterday, as customers moved to link their Bank Verification Numbers and National Identity Numbers to their bank accounts. This followed the new directive of the banking regulator to the banks on Friday, to bar customers who were yet to link their BVN and NIN from having [&hellip...
•Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite All is set for the disbursement of the N275 billion palliative support funds announced in July by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to mitigate the pains arising from the removal of petrol subsidy. Minister for Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite, yesterday said that two programmes under the multi-layered inte...
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has paid N1.39 billion to 36,163 depositors of 110 closed microfinance banks and three primary mortgage banks. According to the CEO of NDIC, Bello Hassan, this followed the recent revocation of some MFBs and PMBs licences by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), revealing that the payments of the [...

