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- 9 Sept 2020
CBN, Bankers Committee Move to Tackle Cyber Security With Moni Sense
The Bankers’ Committee of Nigeria in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria, has unveiled its cybersecurity & fraud awareness campaign, known as ‘Moni Sense’. Moni Sense, is specifically…
- 13 Feb 2013
Bankers’ Committee Mulls Slash in Bank Charges
Bankers’ Committee, made up of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN); chief executives of all the Deposit Money Banks, Micro Finance Banks; and the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) is working on…
- 11 Sept 2020
Bankers’ Committee Introduces “Moni Sense” for Fraud Awareness
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Bankers’ Committee have launched a cyber-security and fraud awareness campaign, called ‘Moni Sense,’ to educate members of the public on the benefits of…
- 18 Jun 2014
Bankers Committee Kicks Against Interest Rate Reduction
The Bankers’ Committee yesterday said that it might be difficult for the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to achieve a lower interest for the country owing to the current level of macro economic…
- 23 Feb 2020
Banks Must Seek CBN Approval to Sack Workers- Bankers Committee
Banks cannot terminate the employment of more than five staff without a prior notice to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), a communique released by the Bankers Committee after its meeting on Friday,…
- 14 Nov 2012
Bankers’ Committee Scraps N100 ATM Charges
Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) have agreed to waive the N100 charge imposed on Automated Teller Machine (ATM) transactions across banks,B isi Onasanya, group managing director of FirstBank, said after…
- 18 May 2022
CBN Bankers Committee Unveils “Confam Am”, Website to Tackle Fraud
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been on a path to increase awareness and public education on cyber-security, the risks of cyber-crime and the personal measures for mitigation, through its targeted…
- 15 Oct 2012
Nigeria Gets Committee on Unifying Demographic Database
The Federal Government has inaugurated a Committee to midwife the streamlining of a centralised demographic database for the country. Namadi Sambo, the Vice President while inaugurating the Committee…
- 10 Dec 2012
Removal of ATM Charges to Wait Till May Next Year
The removal of charges on Automated Teller Machine (ATM) for inter-bank withdrawals would only be possible from the second quarter of next year because enormous works are still required to implement…
- 2 Oct 2015
Banks to Freeze 32m Accounts without BVN from November 1
Banks’ customers have until October 31 to enroll for the Bank Verification Number (BVN) or risk having their accounts frozen from November 1, according to the Bankers’ Committee. The Bankers’…
- 31 May 2021
Firm Petitions SFU as Bankers’ Panel Withdraws from N1Bn Fraud Probe
The Sub-committee on Ethics and Professionalism of the Bankers’ Committee has withdrawn from investigating a fraud case to the tune of about N1bn involving Star Orient Nigeria Limited, an aviation…
- 16 Dec 2019
CBN Says 37m Nigerians to Get BVN with Phone Number
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) through the bankers committee has said it will introduce a reduced verification requirement of name and phone number to onboard the over 37 million excluded adult in the…
- 3 May 2020
Banks Agree To Suspend Mass Sack
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Bankers Committee have agreed to immediately halt the planned lay-off of workers due to the rampaging COVID-19 pandemic. Emefiele, CBN Gov Isaac Okorafor,…
- 12 Dec 2012
Politics of ATM Charges Withdrawal
The Bankers’ Committee’s decision to suspend all charges accruing from the use of Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) of other banks may have adverse effect on the industry if the cost of removing the…
- 14 Nov 2018
AMMAN Seeks Role in SANEF for Growth
Worried by the identified challenge of recruitment of agents without transactions in the Central Bank of Nigeria and Bankers’ committee shared agents network expansion initiative(SANEF), Association…
- 13 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…
- 19 Nov 2021
Emefiele to Provide Economic Insight into 2022 @ the 56th Annual Bankers Dinner
The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria has concluded arrangement to host the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele at the 56th Annual Bankers Dinner on Friday,…
- 12 Feb 2016
CBN Says 57m Nigerians now Have Access to Financial Services
The Bankers Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that 57 million Nigerians, which represent 66 per cent of the population, now have access to financial services. Mrs Tokunbo…
- 19 Jul 2026
NDIC Urges Youths to Shun Ponzi Schemes, Embrace Savings
Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has urged youths to shun investment scams and embrace the habit of saving. NDIC said that for a nation to be prosperous, its citizens must learn to build…
- 15 Dec 2019
CBN, Banks Move to Boost Financial Inclusion
As part of efforts to enhance financial inclusion in the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and banks, under the aegis of the Bankers’ Committee, have concluded plans to simplify the…
- 30 Apr 2024
Global Money Week: Unity Bank Engages Students on Financial Literacy
Unity Bank Plc has engaged students from all the geopolitical zones of the federation as it facilitated financial literacy training in 15 schools as part of activities to mark the 2024 Global Money…
- 27 Aug 2020
Vivien Shobo Recognized as Icon of the Year @ 2020 African Banker Awards
The African Banker Awards has recognized Nigeria’s Vivien Shobo as winner of the African Banker Icon Award 2020, in acknowledgement of her outstanding work and exemplary career during her tenure as…
- 12 Jul 2020
CBN Takes over National Theatre, to Create Thousands of New Jobs
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Sunday formally takes over the National Theatre in Lagos on behalf of the bankers committee. Godwin Emefiele, governor, CBN, said its taking over for transformation…
- 27 Aug 2019
CIBN Presents Accreditation Certificate to Ecobank Nigeria Academy
The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) has officially presented certificate of accreditation to the ultra-modern, state of the art Ecobank Nigeria Academy with a call to other financial…
- 15 Feb 2019
Banks Set Up Special Funds for ICT, Other Sectors
Bankers Committee has said it is setting aside special funds to provide capacity and support to the creative and the ICT industries. The initiative will be funded from at least 5 percent of…
- 16 Feb 2024
Senate, CIBN Seek to End Malpractices in the Banking Sector
The Senate committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, chaired by Senator Adetokunbo Abiru and the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) have vowed to sanitize the…
- 9 Jun 2016
Banks Halt Retrenchment, Labour Hands Banks 21-Day Ultimatum to Reverse Sack
Nigerian Bankers’ Committee at their 327th meeting in Abuja on Thursday agreed to halt the spate of recent mass sack in the industry. This came as the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade…
- 28 Sept 2020
CIBN Recertifies NDIC Academy as Bankers Training Provider
Council of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) has recertified the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) Academy as a training service provider for various professionals in…
- 16 Apr 2021
NIBSS Approves Standard Guidelines for BVN Matching System
The Nigeria Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS) has issued approved standard operating guidelines for Bank Verification Number (BVN) matching system, mainly for a harmonized way of verifying…
- 26 Jul 2024
60 Hearty Cheers to Dr. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, GMD/CEO, Fidelity Bank
Tomorrow is your birthday Madam, kindly permit me to be the first to strike a positive chord and shine a spotlight on you, an exceptional woman, who is helping shape modern finance in Nigeria and…