The bankers' committee says commercial banks will no longer charge customers commission on retail foreign exchange transactions.Retail forex transactions include purchase of forex for personal travel allowance (PTA), business travel allowance (BTA), school fees and medicals.Hamda Ambah, chief executive officer of the FSDH Merchant Bank Limited, told journalists that the decision was reached after the committee's meeting on Tuesday.The Central Bank of [...]
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The naira remained stable on Tuesday despite losses recorded on the Nigerian Stock Exchange and global crude oil market.The naira appreciated against the dollar to exchange at N361/$ against Monday's exchange price of N363 to the dollar.The gain can be attributed to weekly interventions by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to make forex available to various segments of the [...]
The naira traded at N307 to the dollar on Monday for the first time ever, information made available on the Central Bank of Nigeria's website has shown.Before now, the CBN kept the naira stable at N305 and provided forex for various sectors of the economy to ease the pressure on the naira.A year ago, the CBN rate was N197.At present, [...]
Lukman Otunuga, a research analyst at FXTM, says Nigeria has borrowed enough in recent times and could miss the opportunity to bounce back if borrowed funds are not well utilised.The federal government through the Debt Management Office has issued various debt instruments like the Sukuk, Eurobond, savings bond and plans to float a Green bond in December.In an interview with [...]
On Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari presented his third national budget since he became president. It was reminiscent of his previous ones, but had very fine subtle messages for Nigerians, international spectators and investors.By this time in the life of the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, his minister of finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala had already taken over budget presentations. President Buhari is [...]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has injected $195 million into the inter-bank of the foreign exchange (forex) market.This comes on the back of the apex bank’s monetary policy aimed at uplifting the naira exchange rate.Figures made available on Monday showed that the bank had sold an initial $100 million in the wholesale segment of the inter-bank.The small and medium enterprises [...]
The value of the naira against the dollar is declining as bureaux de change operators say the US currency is getting scarce in the parallel market.This is despite several efforts made by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to stabilise the naira by providing forex to various sections of the market.On Tuesday, the naira traded at N366 to a dollar and [...]
The naira on Tuesday appreciated against the dollar, trading at N364 to $1 at the parallel market.The Nigerian currency gained N1, stronger than N365 posted on Friday, while the pound sterling and the euro closed at N470 and N430.Trading at the bureau de change (BDC) window saw the naira closing at N362 to the dollar, while the pound sterling and [...]
PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of the big four consulting firms in the world, says a devaluation of the Nigerian naira will be a key risk to the sustainability of the country's foreign debt.In its recent report, "Nigeria’s refinancing plan: Impact on debt sustainability is likely to be modest", PwC said the new refinancing plan by the federal executive council is expected to [...]
Nigeria is finally down to what seems likes just two exchange rates; one is the official central bank rate of 305 per dollar, while the other is between 360 to 365 at the interbank and parallel market.Monetary policy officials unified some of their multiple exchange rates as they directed currency dealers to quote naira levels used in actual trades for [...]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it remains committed to the convergence of rates between the bureau de change and Nigeria Autonomous Foreign Exchange (NAFEX).In line with its commitment to sustain and deepen flexibility in the foreign exchange market to further enhance foreign exchange flow in the economy, the bank on Friday, intervened in the inter-bank Foreign Exchange Market with [...]
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) continued its rally on Wednesday following the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) monetary policy committee (MPC) to hold key interest rate at 14 percent for 12 months running.On Tuesday, Godwin Emefiele, the governor of the bank, announced that the committee decided to "retain the MPR at 14 per cent, CRR at 22.5 [...]
The rates of the Nigerian naira at the parallel market is gradually closing in on the official rates set by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as the bank pumps fresh $413.5 million into the forex market.At the parallel market on Monday, the naira, which hovered around 365 per dollar, traded as low as a record 362, just about N2 [...]
The Nigerian naira continued on a gaining streak to hit its best point in 2017 as the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE)’s two-week bullish trend was halted on Tuesday.The naira appreciated to as much as N362 per dollar at the parallel market -- its best position in 2017, after opening at 490 in January.On the official side of the market, the [...]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday further liberalised the foreign exchange market by unveiling fresh regulations for a more open market.According to a circular signed by Alvan Ikoku, director, financial markets department, the CBN now allows authorized dealers to sell their excess foreign currency trading positions to other authorized dealers without seeking prior approval from the CBN.The bank [...]
The Nigerian naira appreciated against the dollar on Monday as the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) maintained a bullish run -- which has been on for nearly a month.NSE gained 417 billion on Monday as the market capitalisation crossed the N11 trillion mark for the first time in 2017.The market, which closed at N10,845,347,307,117.93 on Friday, appreciated to N11,262,526,136,498.84 within the [...]
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