The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has instructed all Point-of-Sale operators in the country to register their businesses with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in two months.
This was revealed after a meeting between Fintechs and the Registrar-General/Chief Executive Officer, CAC, Hussaini Magaji (SAN) in Abuja on Monday, May 7, 2024.
The CAC boss said the two-month registration timeline, which will expire on July 7, was not targeted at any groups or individuals but was “in line with legal requirements and the directives of the Central Bank of Nigeria.”
The statement read:
TimesNow.com.ng earlier also reported that the federal government instructed all Nigerian banks to debit customers with domiciliary accounts.
The debit is for old foreign currency transactions carried out by customers between 2021 and 2023 and will be remitted to the government.
Access Bank, GTB, UBA, Zenith, and other commercial banks have sent messages to customers to expect the debits.
In a notice titled ‘Important Notice: Electronic Money Transfer Levy Deductions Begin on Foreign Currency Transactions,’ the First Bank of Nigeria announced that deductions would start promptly and be forwarded to the FIRS.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
