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CBN gives July 7 ultimatum for PoS Operators to Register with CAC

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CBN gives July 7 ultimatum for PoS Operators to Register with CAC

Central Bank of Nigeria issued a letter on April 30, 2024, directing “all non-individuals” on the Agent Banking Authorisation to register with the Corporate Affairs Commission on or before July 7, 2024.

The directive requires Point-of-Sale (PoS) terminals, whether agents, merchants, or individuals, to register with CAC before commencing business.

This was disclosed during a meeting between Fintechs and the Registrar-General/Chief Executive Officer of CAC, Ishaq Hussaini Magaji (SAN), in Abuja on Monday, May 7, 2024.

A meeting of which representatives of Fintechs, including Opay, Momba, PalmpayLTD, Paystack, FairmoneyMFB, Moniepoint, and Teasy Pay, were present at the event and signed a document in agreement to CBN’s directive.

However, Magaji cited in a follow-up post on its official X handle, stating the CBN’s directive is in line with Section 863 of the Companies, Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020, and CBN guidelines for Agent Banking, 2013.

In part, a statement from the meeting reads:

The Corporate Affairs Commission and Fintech Companies in Nigeria, better known as PoS operators, have agreed to a two-month timeline for registering their agents, merchants, and individuals with the CAC by legal requirements and the directives of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

Furthermore, “The agreement was reached today during a meeting between Fintechs and the Registrar-General, CAC,  Hussaini Ishaq Magaji, in Abuja.”

Meanwhile, with over one million PoS operators in Nigeria, the deadline, starting as of Monday, May 6, gives a two-month deadline for compliance with the CBN directive.

About The Author

Written by
Mayowa Durosinmi

M. Durosinmi is a West Africa Weekly investigative reporter covering Politics, Human Rights, Health, and Security in West Africa and the Sahel Region

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