The Nigerian currency, Naira, depreciated by N130 against the United States dollar at the parallel foreign exchange market on Sunday. A Bureau De Change operator, Mistila Dayyabu, disclosed this in an interview. He noted that Naira dropped to N,1420 per dollar from N1,290 in less than 48 hours at the parallel market. READ ALSO :Naira’s … Read more
The Federal Government may consider the suspension of the $56.7bn peer-to-peer cryptocurrency market after a crucial meeting between the Securities and Exchange Commission, and digital asset operators scheduled for Monday. Nigeria’s volume of crypto transactions grew by nine per cent year-over-year to $56.7bn between July 2022 and June 2023, according to the 2023 Geography of … Read more
Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO), one of Nigeria’s most efficiently run bank, has just announced the largest ever pre-tax profits in Nigerian banking history. According to information contained in its first-quarter earnings, the bank posted a pre-tax profit of N509.3 billion, more than six times the profits it made in the same period in 2023. … Read more
The Chief Executive Officer of one of the leading cryptocurrency platforms in Nigeria, NoOnes, Ray Youssef, has revealed that peer-to-peer popularly known as P2P is probably like $500bn business in Nigeria alone. Youssef said this in an interview with Techpoint Africa on the heels of an imminent ban on cryptocurrency in the country. Speaking on … Read more
OPay, a leading financial technology company, has warned its customers against trading in cryptocurrency or any virtual currency on its app. In a notice issued on Friday, the company said it would block any account found engaging in such trading and also forward the details of the account owner to the regulator. READ ALSO :CBN … Read more
Following a mandate from the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kuda Bank, Moniepoint, OPay, and Palmpay have suspended account opening for new customers. The instruction was issued two days after the EFCC closed 1,146 bank accounts implicated in illicit forex operations. “We’ve temporarily paused new signups on our platform. This means that you’ll be unable to … Read more
A surge in dollar demand in the parallel market, driven by banks and end-users, combined with slow forex disbursement to BDCs by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, caused the Naira to fall by 23% against the dollar last week, marking the Naira’s worst weekly performance since February. Though the CBN came to the rescue … Read more
Senator Ned Nwoko, has advised the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) against any measures that are capable of artificially forcing the Naira to gain value against dollar and other currencies. Nwoko, who represents Delta North, gave the advice in a statement he personally signed and made available to the News Agency … Read more
The Naira on Thursday resumed its downward trend against the United States dollar, depreciating to N1,309/$ at the official market and N1,420 at the parallel market. The new rate which indicates a depreciation of N90 or 6.8 per cent from N1,330 quoted by currency traders on Wednesday followed renewed dollar demand pressure in the foreign … Read more
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced a $10,000 sale to each licensed Bureau De Change (BDC) operator nationwide. The apex bank has made its second intervention this month. The CBN detailed the action in a circular issued to the President of the Association of Bureau De Change Operators (ABCON). BDCs can purchase dollars … Read more