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In the first quarter of 2023, cashless transactions across fintech entities in Nigeria grew by 44.84 per cent amounting to a total of N126.73 trillion naira up from N87.73 trillion naira in the corresponding period of 2022. [9] [4] But the growth of fintech has also led to increased cyber-attacks against fintech entities. In December 2023 ...
Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency of Turkey (BRSA) ; Capital Markets Board (SPK) ; Insurance and Private Pension Regulation and Supervision Agency (IPRSA) Turks and Caicos: Turks and Caicos Islands Financial Services Commission (TCIFSC) Uganda: Bank of Uganda ; Capital Markets Authority (CMA) ; Insurance Regulatory Authority of Uganda ...
Open banking in Nigeria was kickstarted by the Open Banking Nigeria as an initiative to be non-partisan and non-financial API standards for Nigerian financial services. It was formed in June 2017 by a group of bankers and fintech experts who got together to propose the adoption of common API standards for the country. [13]
Fintech companies rarely own the financial infrastructures that power their products. Instead, they plug into TradFi companies that own proprietary and closed-source financial infrastructures.
The “Big Brother” franchise, started in the Netherlands, has been duplicated worldwide, including Nigeria, where pay-TV company MultiChoice Nigeria organizes it. According to some sources, it ...
Let’s say you’re a freelance engineer in Nigeria working for a U.S. company; how do you facilitate forex conversion from dollars to naira? A few issues using third parties or a Bureau De ...
Financial regulation is a broad set of policies that apply to the financial sector in most jurisdictions, justified by two main features of finance: systemic risk, which implies that the failure of financial firms involves public interest considerations; and information asymmetry, which justifies curbs on freedom of contract in selected areas of financial services, particularly those that ...
Financial law is the law and regulation of the commercial banking, capital markets, insurance, derivatives and investment management sectors. [1] Understanding financial law is crucial to appreciating the creation and formation of banking and financial regulation, as well as the legal framework for finance generally.