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- 5 Jan 2024
AMMBAN Plans to Create 500,000 Jobs Across Nigeria
The newly elected president of the Association of Mobile Money and Banking Agents in Nigeria (AMMBAN) Fasasi Sarafadeen Atanda, has pledge the associations commitment to support the government of…
- 20 Oct 2024
Nigerian Banks Lost N42.6Bn to Fraud in Q2 2024
Fasasi Sarafadeen Atanda, national president, Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria (AMMBAN) said Nigerian Banks lost N42.6b to fraudsters in Nigeria within the Q2 of 2024. Atanda…
- 30 Aug 2020
Sustaining Financial Inclusion Through Viable Agent Network
By Fasasi Sarafadeen Atanda As it is today, financial inclusion is stakeholders’ slogan; the awareness has been created Agents are everywhere, but there is a threat and that threat is agent…
- 20 Nov 2017
ePayment Stakeholders’ Seek Review of Policy on PoS to Boost Growth
Worried by slow pace of growth in the use of Point of Sale terminal (PoS) as a means of payment in the country, stakeholders have called on Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)to review its policy direction…
- 14 Jan 2019
Stakeholders Seek Review of SANEF Strategy
Stakeholders in the agent banking ecosystem have urged Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Bankers’ committee to review current strategy of shared agents’ network expansion initiative (SANEF) to…
- 22 Apr 2019
Financial Inclusion Agents Decry Challenges with PoS, Others
As the central bank of Nigeria (CBN), drives financial inclusion with giant strides and NIBBS upgrading her system to accommodate the projected 600m point of sale (PoS) terminal transactions this…
- 15 Jul 2019
Connectivity, Hi-Tech Devices Slow Agency Banking @ Rural Areas
Financial inclusion agents saddled with the responsibility of offering banking services to unbanked especially those in the rural areas where banks are not in sight, have identified poor mobile…
- 16 Sept 2019
Super Agents, Agents Locked in PoS Chargeback Confusion
Super Agents and agents under them in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) financial inclusion initiative are today locked in Point of Sale chargeback issues, which has resulted in some agents going out…
- 28 Oct 2019
Lack of Dispute Resolution Mechanism Hobbles Financial Inclusion Initiative
The objective of central bank of Nigeria to have 70 per cent of its adult population in the formal financial services sector by 2020 through its financial inclusion initiative is suffering a hitches…
- 4 Nov 2019
SANEF, CBN Achieve Interoperability at Agents Banking Units This November
Financial inclusion initiative of central bank of Nigeria, CBN, will receive a boost next month as agent banking units under the initiative will begin to enjoy interoperability, Nigeria…
- 26 Jan 2020
UBA, Zenith Pioneer Implementation of Chargeback on PoS Transactions
UBA and Zenith bank are pioneering central bank of Nigeria (CBN) directive on implementation of 24 hours chargeback dispute resolution mechanism on transactions on point of sale terminal, Nigeria…
- 26 Jan 2020
Financial Inclusion Agents Groan as SANEF Fails To Achieve Interoperability
Two months after, financial inclusion agents under the network of Shared Agent Network Expansion Facility, SANEF are yet to enjoy interoperability promised them, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek checks…
- 24 May 2020
New Vista to Deepen Financial Inclusion Beckons with COVID-19
The Covid-19 pandemic is forcing companies, especially those in the financial services sector to rethink their strategies. This is because during the Covid-19 complete lockdown of some parts of the…
- 16 Aug 2020
Mobile Money & Banking Agents Decry Poor Providers’ Strategy, Agents Turnover
Stakeholders in the mobile money and banking agency network ecosystem have decried what they described as poor providers strategy and high rate of agents turnover which according to them are working…
- 13 Sept 2020
Mobile Money Agents Decry High Rate of Decline PoS Transactions in August
Mobile money and banking agents at the hinterland have decried high rate of decline transactions they experienced last month compared to other months. Some of the agents that spoke with Nigeria…
- 18 Jul 2021
AMMBAN Decries Agency Banking Abuse in the Financial Inclusion Policy
Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria (AMMBAN ) has frowned at none compliance and monitoring of activities of agents deployed on the financial inclusion programme of Central Bank of…
- 12 Oct 2023
CIBN Unveils Agency Banking Certification Program to Strengthen Financial Inclusion System
Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIBN) has unveiled Agency banking certification for point of sales (POS) agents, NIN /BVN agents, Agent network managers, customer service officers, agent banking…
- 26 May 2024
AMMBAN Decries Mandatory CAC Registration of POS Agents
Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents of Nigeria (AMMBAN) has decried the directive coming from the Corporate Affairs Commission mandating all Point Of Sale (POS) agents to register with the…
- 22 Jul 2024
CIBN Commences Tutorial Session for Agency Banking Certification Examination
Tutorial sessions for the students registered for the October 2024 diet examinations for Agency Banking Certification of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) have begun. The first in…
- 9 Apr 2026
Digital Encode Sponsors PAFON 3.0 as CVO Prof. Adewale Set to Deliver Keynote on Cybersecurity and Trust
Digital Encode Limited has emerged the lead sponsor of the upcoming third edition of the forum (PAFON 3.0), the organisers have announced. PAFON 3.0 PAFON 3.0 is scheduled to take place on Friday,…
- 13 Apr 2026
PAFON 3.0: FintechNGR VP Jameelah Sharrieff-Ayedun to Deliver Keynote Address
The Vice President of the Governing Council of the Fintech Association of Nigeria, Dr. Jameelah Sharrieff-Ayedun, is set to deliver a keynote address at the 3rd edition of the Payments Forum Nigeria…
- 15 Apr 2026
Fintech Giants PalmPay and TeamApt Back Nigeria’s Biggest Payments Forum
Payments Forum Nigeria (PAFON), the country’s leading industry platform for digital finance stakeholders, has announced PalmPay and TeamApt as key sponsors of the third edition of its flagship event,…
- 5 Jul 2026
PufferPay CEO to Keynote Business Journal Fintech & Financial Inclusion Roundtable 2026
Mr. Emmanuel Ovaga, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of PufferPay Limited will deliver the keynote paper at the 3rd Business Journal Fintech & Financial Inclusion Roundtable 2026 scheduled for…
- 9 Oct 2017
Merchants Identify Roadblocks to PoS Business
Merchants making use of point of sale (PoS) terminals for transactions at their locations have reeled factors hindering the use of PoS device as a means of payment and urged actions to address them.…
- 30 Oct 2017
Drop in Mobile Money Agent Outlets Worries Stakeholders
by Chike onwuegbuchi The number of Mobile money agent networks has continued to witness drop in the past one year and stakeholders are not happy about it. According to IMF Data: Eight Annual…
- 13 Sept 2017
Innovation Summit to Address Gaps in Payment System
A summit on Point of Sales (PoS) terminal transactions in the country has been scheduled to hold in Lagos on the 29th September 2017. The program which is an intervention to address the gaps…
- 29 Jun 2026
EVC NCC, Aminu Maida, to Lead Speakers @ Business Journal Fintech & Financial Inclusion Roundtable 2026
Dr. Aminu Maida, Executive Vice-Chairman/CEO, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) would be the Special Guest of Honour at the 3rd Business Journal Fintech & Financial Inclusion Roundtable…
- 22 Apr 2026
Payments Forum Nigeria (PAFON 3.0) Holds This Friday in Lagos
Nigeria’s foremost payments and financial inclusion dialogue platform, Payments Forum Nigeria (PAFON 3.0), will hold this Friday, April 24, 2026, at the prestigious Lagos Oriental Hotel, Lekki Road,…