Tag: Depositors

NDIC pays N6.68bn to failed banks’ depositors

The Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation has said that it paid a cumulative insured deposit of N6.682bn to depositors of 48 banks in liquidation as at August 2012. The Managing Director, NDIC, Mr. Umaru Ibrahim, said the amount was against the N6.636bn paid to 527,942 depositors in December 2011. He spoke […]

CBN returns N5bn illegal bank charges to customers

The Central Bank of Nigeria has said that it has recovered  and returned to customers a total of N5bn wrongfully taken from depositors by banks operating in the country. It also said it would focus on the protection of consumers of products being brought to the market by banks over […]

Cash-less policy: Bank officials ignore penalty charges

A week after the revelation by the Central Bank of Nigeria that some banks were circumventing the cash-less policy, our correspondent has gathered that senior officials of banks are indeed aiding big-time customers to evade charges on deposits and withdrawals above the minimum limits so that the customers will retain […]