Banks’customers pay N45.9b as account maintenance fees in H1’22
In the first half of the year (H1’22), customers of the top commercial banks in Nigeria paid account maintenance fees totaling N45.9 billion. This marks a 26% year-over-year (YoY) increase over the N36.29 billion paid during the same time in 2021.infomation guide nigeria
According to information from the banks’ H1 ’22 financial statements regarding fees and commissions, the nine banks‘ net fees and commission income increased YoY by 21% to N246.77 billion in H1 ’22 from N203.51 billion in H1 ’21.
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The NIBSS Instant Payment Platform (NIP) handled transactions of N33.2 trillion in August, raising the total value of e-payment transactions over the previous eight months to N238.7 trillion, according to data issued by the Nigerian Inter-Bank Settlement Systems (NIBSS).
The data, according to NIBSS, indicated that the August 2022 milestone came as the highest e-payments value ever recorded in a month since the platform’s launch.
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The N30.3 trillion number for August showed a gain of 13.3% month over month compared to the N29.3 trillion recorded in July.
YoY, the amount of e-payments jumped by 50% from the N22.1 trillion recorded in August of last year.
The value of recorded e-payments, according to NIBSS, increased along with the number of transactions throughout the month.
In August, the NIP volume increased to 448 million, a 10.6% rise from the 405 million registered in July.
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