Updates

Fintech and Financial Services: Initial Considerations

June 19, 2017/IMF Click here to download full PDF report From artificial intelligence to cryptography, rapid advances in digital technology are transforming the financial services landscape, creating opportunities and challenges for consumers, service providers, and regulators alike. This paper reviews developments in this new wave of technological innovations, often called […]

Decent Growth Posted by The PFAs

Culled—Proshare June 19, 2017/FBNQuest Research The assets under management (AUM) of the regulated Nigerian pension industry increased by 21.1% y/y in April to N6.49trn (US$21.2bn). This is a decent annual increase when we allow for the arrears in pension (and salary) payments to employees of state governments and public agencies […]

Nigerian Public Debt – A Comparative Analysis

Culled—Proshare June 19, 2017/FSDH Research The public debt (total of both external and domestic debt) in Nigeria has been increasing over the last five years and the issue of the sustainability of the debt level has generated a lot of debate. A comparative analysis of the debt-to-Gross Domestic Product (GDP) […]