April 29 2025
March 25 2025
Every year, businesses lose billions to a problem that shouldn’t exist. Customers don’t cancel their subscriptions, their payments do. A card expires. A bank flags a transaction as fraud. A Direct Debit fails because there aren’t enough funds that day....
March 21 2025
February 28 2025
John needs to sign up for a new budgeting app. Instead of creating yet another password, he sees an option to log in with Google. He clicks it, Google verifies his identity, and within seconds, he has access. No new...
January 31 2025
In a nation where over 41 million Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) contribute nearly half of the GDP, it’s perplexing that less than 11% have access to formal credit. In 2016, the Central Bank of Nigeria established the National Collateral Registry to enhance...
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...
December 31 2024
Imagine a world where access to credit isn’t just a privilege for the fortunate few but a foundational layer of everyday life—like clean water or electricity. Now, hold that thought and ask yourself: why is it that in a country...
November 30 2024
November 30 2024
One could say NIBSS was built for this pivotal moment in Nigeria’s financial history. Back in 1993, the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Bankers’ Committee brought in NIBSS to solve a massive problem—Nigerian banks couldn’t talk to each other....
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...
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.