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Nigeria targets cheaper African cross-border payments with Fintech push

Mobile money instant payment in Africa. Photo by Olumide Bamgbelu @ Unsplash
Mobile money instant payment in Africa. Photo by Olumide Bamgbelu @ Unsplash
  • CBN backs fintechs to cut remittance costs
  • Nigeria pushes wider adoption of PAPSS

 

ABUJA, NIGERIANigeria is positioning fintech companies to lower Africa’s cross-border payment costs, aiming to reduce remittance fees and unlock stronger intra-continental trade flows.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is turning to financial technology firms to modernise payments infrastructure, ease compliance burdens and widen participation in global trade, particularly for households and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

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