Financial Inclusion

Financial Inclusion

Inclusion in 2018: marginal growth driven by non-regulated financial providers

Anthony Nlebem Dec 19, 2018

Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA), a financial sector development organization that promotes financial inclusion in Nigeria, recently published results...

Financial Inclusion

Promoting use of disruptive technology to enhance financial inclusion in Africa

Anthony Nlebem Dec 19, 2018

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is collaborating with the International Financial Corporation (IFC) and Ant Financial (Ant)...

Financial Inclusion

CBN to introduce agent solutions to boost MFBs services

Anthony Nlebem Dec 17, 2018

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is working on introducing agent solutions that will enable microfinance banks operating in the...

Financial Inclusion

LBS proposes finance-led growth hypothesis to increase Nigeria’s financial inclusion

Anthony Nlebem Dec 17, 2018

Digital Financial Services in Nigeria- State of the market Report 2018, a financial inclusion report by the Lagos Business School...

Financial Inclusion

Digital technology,financial inclusion major successes for banking industry in 2018’

Modestus Aneasoronye Dec 13, 2018

Ebehijie Momoh, head of Retail Banking, Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria Limited has been in the banking industry for over 26...

Financial Inclusion

30 firms seek registration as payment service banks

Anthony Nlebem Dec 10, 2018

The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) move to open the banking system to non-financial companies and register mobile money operators...

Financial Inclusion

CBN opens role of payment service banks to consumer goods firms

Anthony Nlebem Dec 07, 2018

Temitope Shogaolu, head of the financial inclusion secretariat at the CBN says Fast Moving Consumer Goods companies and other interested...

Financial Inclusion

CBN’s fight against inflation key for financial inclusion, says Salami

Frank Eleanya Dec 06, 2018

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will be hurting ambitions to boost financial inclusion in Africa’s most populous nation if...

Financial Inclusion

Digitization, financial inclusion key drivers for capital market growth - Stakeholders

BusinessDay Oct 24, 2018

Stakeholders in the Nigerian capital market have expressed the significance of market data as an enabler in transforming and deepening...

Financial Inclusion

Importance of market data in an era of digitisation, disruption, financial inclusion

BusinessDay Oct 23, 2018

Nigeria financial industry has experienced some transformation caused by disruptive technologies over the year, and in recent years, customers have...

Financial Inclusion

Financial Inclusion and the next generation

BusinessDay Oct 18, 2018

The Chris Ogunbanjo Foundation and Cranium One supported by NEXUS Nigeria co-hosted an event to discuss the importance of financial...

Financial Inclusion

Whither financial inclusion as microfinance bank struggle to survive

BusinessDay Oct 04, 2018

The model of Microfinance banking involves the provision of financial services to the poor and low-income earners. It is also...

Financial Inclusion

How telcos plan to financially include 90m Nigerians in 30 months

BusinessDay Oct 04, 2018

Mobile operators in Nigeria; MTN, Airtel, Globacom and 9mobile recently announced their commitment towards deepening financial inclusion to at least...

Financial Inclusion

Small banks boost lending to SMEs in victory for financial inclusion

BusinessDay Oct 04, 2018

Financial inclusion is not only about having a bank account, but also the ability of individuals and businesses to have...

Financial Inclusion

Importance of Financial Inclusion – A Global Perspective

BusinessDay Oct 04, 2018

Over the last decade, financial inclusion has been a target pursued across the world. We are seeing significant progress, as...