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Operational Guidelines for Open Banking in Nigeria
Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria
Open banking is a system of customer data sharing across banking and payment systems with the permission of customers. The objectives of these guidelines include: to improve security in the open banking system; to increase public access to banking and financial services; to improve customer experience in banking and financial services; and to increase efficiency in financial transactions. The guidelines outline the responsibilities of various stakeholders (e.g., customers and banks), data management procedures and rules on consent management, guidelines on consent management, and data management procedures.
Nigeria • 2022 • Finance
National Health Insurance Authority Act 2022
Ministry of Health, Nigeria
This Act repeals the National Health Insurance Scheme Act, Cap. N42, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 and enacts the National Health Insurance Authority Act to ensure effective implementation of a national health insurance policy that ensures the attainment of Universal Health Coverage in Nigeria.
Nigeria • 2022 • Health
Guidelines on Regulatory Capital
Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria
These guidelines on regulatory capital outline the criteria that banks’ capital instruments must satisfy based on the Basel III standards. It also provides the requirements for banks operating in Nigeria in relation to minimum regulatory capital, adjustments to the components of regulatory capital, transitional arrangements, disclosure requirements and the additional capital buffers above the minimum requirements.
Nigeria • 2021 • Finance
Guidelines on Leverage Ratio (LeR)
Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria
These guidelines specify the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) requirements for the Leverage Ratio (LeR) and the public disclosure procedures for all licensed commercial, merchant, and non-interest banks in Nigeria.
Nigeria • 2021 • Finance
Guidelines on Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR)
Central Bank of Nigeria
These Guidelines aim to set out the minimum requirements for Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) for reporting institutions in the Nigerian banking sector. The LCR aims to improve the short-term resilience of the liquidity risk profile of reporting institutions.
Nigeria • 2021 • Finance
Guidelines on Liquidity Monitoring Tools (LMT)
Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria
These guidelines on Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) ensure that banks hold sufficient tangential high-quality liquid assets (HQLA) to survive a 30-day stress period. The assumption is that 30 days is enough time for the bank’s management and the CBN to resolve any plausible instability in the bank.
Nigeria • 2021 • Finance
Guidelines on Large Exposures (LEX)
Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria
These guidelines align the supervisory practice in Nigeria based on the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) Standards on Large Exposures and ensure a more consistent supervisory for large exposures in Nigeria.
Nigeria • 2021 • Finance
Guidelines on Liquidity Risk Management and Internal Liquidity Adequacy Assessment Process
Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria
These guidelines are designed in accordance with the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision (BCBS) Principles for Sound Liquidity Risk Management and Supervision. Their main objective is to ensure that banks meet their daily liquidity obligations.
Nigeria • 2021 • Finance
Revised Guidelines on Supervisory Review Process of Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process
Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria
These guidelines ensure banks perform an independent and complete forward-looking assessment of their exposed risks and approximate the internal capital requirement that adequately reflects their risk exposure, business strategy and risk tolerance.
Nigeria • 2021 • Finance
Central Bank of Nigeria (Anti Money Laundering, Combating the Financing of Terrorism and Countering Proliferation Financing of Weapons of Mass Destruction in Financial Institutions) Regulations, 2022
Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria
These regulations repeal the 2013 AML/CFT regulations and aim to improve compliance with AML/CFT laws and prevent financial institutions from being used for financial crimes.
Nigeria • 2022 • Finance
Approved New Licence Categorization Requirements Consolidated, 2021
Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria
This document shows the various license categorisations for operators in the Nigerian Payment System. The four broad categories are Switching and Processing (PSSP), Mobile Money Operations (MMOs, Payment Solution Services (PSSs), and Regulatory Sandbox.
Nigeria • 2021 • Finance
New Licence Categorisation for the Nigerian Payments System
Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria
This document shows the various license categorisations for operators in the Nigerian Payment System. The four broad categories are Switching and Processing (PSSP), Mobile Money Operations (MMOs, Payment Solution Services (PSSs), and Regulatory Sandbox.
Nigeria • 2020 • Finance
Guidelines for Licensing and Regulation of Payments Service Holding Companies in Nigeria
Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria
These guidelines outline new licence categorisations for companies operating in the Nigerian payments system. The operators affected include Mobile Money Operations, Switching and Processing, Payment Solution Services, and any other activity as may be approved by the CBN.
Nigeria • 2021 • Finance
Enrollment of Other Financial Institutions on the Credit Risk Management System
Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria
This document requires other financial institutions to comply with existing credit management system. Specifically, that all customer account must adhere to the 10-digits number requirements.
Nigeria • 2022 • Finance
Guidelines for Regulation and Supervision of Credit Guarantee Companies in Nigeria
Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria
The objectives of the credit guarantee scheme include to improve access to credit for SMEs, to reduce credit risk in lending, promote flexible collateral requirements, and to improve risk management in the financial sector.
Nigeria • 2022 • Finance
Guidance Note on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism Regulations for Other Financial Institutions
Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria
These guidelines are designed in accordance with the CBN AML/CFT Regulations 2013. It outlines the bank’s measures to combat money laundering and financing of terrorism in Nigeria.
Nigeria • 2022 • Finance
Monetary, Credit, Foreign Trade and Exchange Policy Guidelines for Fiscal Years 2020/2021
Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria
This policy document specifies the CBN’s monetary, credit, foreign trade and exchange policy guidelines for the 2020/2021 fiscal year. The policies were designed to align with the Federal Government’s Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF).
Nigeria • 2020 • Finance
National Gender Policy
Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Nigeria
This national policy outlines the government’s plan for gender equality, good governance, accountability, and support for the needs of its vulnerable groups in Nigeria. The overarching goal is “to build a just society devoid of discrimination, where the needs and concerns of women, men, girls, and boys are mainstreamed equitably into all sectors of national development.
Nigeria • 2021 • Gender and Human Rights
Regulatory Framework for Mobile Money Services in Nigeria
Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria
This regulatory framework by the CBN specifies the guidelines for addressing businesses operating mobile money services in Nigeria. The framework covers what constitutes money services and solutions in Nigeria. It also clearly delineates the roles and responsibilities in providing mobile money services in Nigeria.
Nigeria • 2021 • Finance
Framework for Quick Response (QR) Code Payments in Nigeria
Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria
This guide states the regulatory guidance for the operation of QR Code payment services in Nigeria. The objective is to guarantee the implementation of the appropriate QR code standards for safe and effective payment services in Nigeria.
Nigeria • 2021 • Finance