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CBN sets capital rules for mobile money licences

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September 1, 2020
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Nigeria’s central bank said it will grant more licences for payment service banks but set a minimum capital base of $13 million, which could deter telecoms firms and some other potential new entrants to the digital financial services sector.

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The central bank in a circular seen by Reuters on Monday said that telecom firms, banking agents, retail chains and postal services could apply for licences to become payment banks.

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To do so they must set up a separate company for it with a minimum capital of 5 billion naira ($13 million) and run it as an independent entity from their existing operations.

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The bank has granted three licences so far to 9PSB, a unit of local telecom firm, 9mobile, and two others.
Nigeria wants to open up its digital financial services sector, which will help millions of Nigerians who do not have bank accounts.

But regulation has been caught up with intense lobbying from lenders seeking to protect their turf in the wake of intense competition and weakening asset quality.

Nigeria’s biggest telecoms firm, which is yet to receive approval, last year launched a mobile money transfer service, targeting those without bank accounts in a bid to secure the central bank’s approval for a payments licence.

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More than half of Nigeria’s population of 180 million do not have a bank account.

The success of mobile money in East Africa has convinced investors and the industry that financial services are the next growth area for the telecoms sector, where prices for basic services are falling.

But the licensing requirement in Nigeria risks putting off telecom companies.

When the central bank issued preliminary guidelines for payment banks in 2018 for discussion, telecom companies argued that they are not banks and do not need a capital base.

The central bank said in its circular that it could ask payment banks to recapitalise for specific risks.

Payment banks should operate mostly in rural areas and unbanked locations, accepting deposits from individuals and small businesses, the central bank said. They cannot grant loans, it said.


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