January 2 2025
Nigeria’s digital payment ecosystem is at a crossroads. While digital payment adoption is growing, with over 60% of the population engaging in online transactions, many Nigerians still face persistent barriers: transaction failures, delays in receiving one-time passwords (OTPs), and security...
November 29 2024
Most business owners in Nigeria are sitting on opportunities they don’t even know exist. While everyone is busy talking about “scaling up” or finding the next big import deal, there’s a quiet revolution happening right under our noses—open banking. The...
September 27 2024
Open Banking has been touted as one of the most revolutionary shifts in financial services, with Nigeria at the forefront of adopting this transformative model in Africa. In 2021, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) formalized the Open Banking regulatory...
August 26 2024
August 12 2024
Open Banking and Artificial Intelligence are more connected than might be guessed at the surface. Startups, Prosaic and Abound, have raised over $500 million on the premise that they can improve customer outcomes by combining these technologies. But how can...
June 30 2024
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January 18 2023
However, despite the inherent benefits of operating an open banking system, there are concerns about the security and privacy of customers’ financial information within the system. This is one of the main challenges with the adoption of open banking in...
March 21 2025
Open Banking Nigeria (Open Technology Foundation) is a non-profit backed by a group of industry experts across banking, fintech, risk management, and more to drive and launch the open banking standard in Nigeria.
