Financial Inclusion

Financial Inclusion

Future of payment service banks in limbo, 14 months after

Okafor Endurance Jan 15, 2020

A year and two months after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) loosened its policy to accommodate new players in...

Financial Inclusion

CBN, Bankers’ Committee to spur rural inclusion with new BVN Lite

Okafor Endurance Dec 30, 2019

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and banks, under the support of the Bankers’ Committee, have concluded plans to simplify...

Financial Inclusion

Adesola Adeduntan: Thinking Nigeria’s Financial Inclusion 125 years ahead

Segun Adams Dec 17, 2019

Under the leadership of Adesola Adeduntan, First Bank of Nigeria has been at the forefront in the campaign for greater...

Financial Inclusion

CBN,EFInA launch new evidence to address gender gap in financial access

akudo.okoro Dec 04, 2019

Across Nigeria, women are dealing with money-saving, borrowing, making payments and sending and receiving money. Yet Nigerian women are significantly...

Financial Inclusion

Financial inclusion: Alitheia, IDF Capital raise $20m for African gender-lens fund

Okafor Endurance Dec 04, 2019

For Nigeria to achieve its financial inclusion goal, industry stakeholders have advised the country to maximize the potential of mobile...

Financial Inclusion

Telcos’ participation in financial inclusion drive will hold opportunity for banks - Moody’s

Okafor Endurance Dec 04, 2019

Contrary to the argument that banks may be disrupted by the participation of telecommunications companies in Nigeria’s financial industry, Moody’s...

Financial Inclusion

EFInA, FSI, Omidyer Network launch Sandbox at financial inclusion conference 2019

Gbemi Faminu Dec 03, 2019

The Financial Services Innovation Association (FSI), supported by the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Systems plc (NIBSS), Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access...

Financial Inclusion

Custody services … a compass for a complex world

Teliat Sule Nov 28, 2019

In a world where complexity is now the norm, a trusted partner is needed to help you navigate financial services,...

Financial Inclusion

Technology takes centre stage in financial transaction as Mobile App tops Nigerians’ choice

Okafor Endurance Nov 27, 2019

Mobile & App Banking is the most preferred online digital platform for making financial transactions among Nigerians, the 2019 Consumer...

Financial Inclusion

PalmPay targets 36m unbanked Nigerians with launch of new app

Okafor Endurance Nov 27, 2019

  PalmPay, an Africa-focused fintech firm announced that it has launched an app that will not only reward its users...

Financial Inclusion

Access Bank promotes financial inclusion among senior citizens with free banking

Hope Moses-Ashike Nov 26, 2019

Access Bank Plc is promoting financial inclusion among the Nigerian senior citizens with free banking services and products. The Evergreen...

Financial Inclusion

Making leaps in financial inclusion through market-creating innovations

Anthony Nlebem Nov 20, 2019

2019 was a phenomenal year for Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda regarding DFS growth. Ghana captured the headlines several times with...

Financial Inclusion

With mobile money licence, Palmpay is set to deepen Nigeria’s financial inclusion

Okafor Endurance Nov 20, 2019

Nigeria is one of the countries in Africa with a high population facing life financially excluded. 36.6 million adults in...

Financial Inclusion

How financial inclusion through insurance can help take people out of poverty

Modestus Aneasoronye Nov 13, 2019

Financial inclusion, particularly at the grass-root, has been described as a veritable tool to bring people out of poverty, by...

Financial Inclusion

Mobile banking: Solution to Nigeria’s financial exclusion - stakeholders

Okafor Endurance Nov 13, 2019

For Nigeria to achieve its financial inclusion goal, industry stakeholders have advised the country to maximize the potential of mobile...