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If CBN wants cashless, it should #maketransferfree

The CBN cashless policy can never be successful if transfer is not made free

Posted 16 December 2022 † dejiolowe § Nigeria § Payment ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

10 Predictions for Digital Payments in 2022

It’s 5 years since I’ve been shilling my predictions, and here again, are my top 10 predictions for 2022. Although, if any of them comes through, I owe you a beer. As always, even though nobody pays attention, these predictions are largely educated guesses being that I have an advantage of seeing a lot from […]

Posted 01 January 2022 † dejiolowe § Piscalux ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , ,

Telcos to the Mobile Money Rescue

The Central Bank recently relaxed the rule on Mobile Money (MM) participation by giving out telcos invite to the party. Yes it’s a party but then everyone’s gone home. Specifically telcos are now allowed to be Super Agents, which means they could use their thousands of retail touch points to serve MM customers. But unlike […]

Posted 06 September 2015 † dejiolowe § Business § Cards § Mobile § Nigeria § Payment ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

What’s killing financial inclusion in Nigeria?

No scholar worth his salt would denigrate his study in the first line, or on any other line for that matter. However, listen carefully, take what I’m going to say below with a pinch of salt as it’s based on armchair projections. But then who cares? We are quite a lot in Nigeria, or so […]

Posted 28 June 2015 † dejiolowe § Business § Mobile § Nigeria § Payment § Piscalux ‡ Comments Off on What’s killing financial inclusion in Nigeria? ° Also tagged: , , ,

Cashless Nigeria by Force, by Fire!

I was recently reviewing a CBN report on Cashless Nigeria and it is scary to know that 65% of Cash in Circulation is outside the banking system. I guess everything the CBN can do to cajole those who have ecstasy at the sight of cash wouldn’t work. Time we did it differently. What will happen if […]

Posted 08 April 2014 † dejiolowe § Business § Cards § Future § Mobile § Nigeria § Payment ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,