Tag: microfinance lawyers

1. What does the “Corporate Veil” mean? The question of who to sue when a business entity commits a wrong is one of the threshold questions that a Nigerian lawyer to an aggrieved person must answer before filing a claim in a Nigerian court. The …

All digital loan companies’ licences in Lagos State must renew their licence as same is deemed to have expired by 31st of December 2024. Effective from 1st January 2025, digital lenders must reapply to to their respective licensing authorities for the renewal of their operational …

The entire team of Koriat is pleased to announce that the Central Bank of Nigeria has granted a Final Licence (Super Agents Licence) to LibertyPay Limited to operate agency banking in Nigeria. See below: There are different categories of payment licences for operators within the …

A charitable organization or non-governmental organisation (“NGO”) can be registered in Nigeria as either a Company Limited by Guarantee (“Ltd/Gte”) or an Incorporated Trustee (“IT”) depending on the intentions of its promoters and the intended scope of operations. The registration of business entities and NGOs …

How is a Loan Company regulated in Nigeria? A loan company, whether buy-now-pay-later (“BNPL”) or digital lender or cooperative society or whatever the design, is usually regarded as a money lender under a State’s Money Lenders Law in so far as it is providing micro …

A banker-customer relationship is a special relationship that is founded on contract, governed by common law, equity and, in some limited respect, statutes such as Acts of the National Assembly, subsidiary legislations including several guidelines and circulars of the Central Bank of Nigeria. In providing …

Doing business in Nigeria is easy as the Federal Government of Nigeria has removed the bottlenecks to business registration, licensing and regulation. Generally, a limited liability company is the most common type of company for business undertakings in Nigeria. By virtue of section 18 of …

The long wait is over! The Central Bank of Nigeria (“CBN”) has announced, in its Press Release of 20th September 2023, the unveiling of a new digital platform for submission of microfinance bank (“MFB”) licence applications, known as the CBN Licensing, Approval and Other Requests …

Doing business in Nigeria is easy if business promoters are properly guided on the requirements for company incorporation, licensing procedures, applicable taxes and related costs. For example, as parts of the efforts of the Federal Government of Nigeria to promote investment opportunities, the Business Facilitation …

The Ministry of Home Affairs and Tourism (“Ministry”) of the Lagos State Government has renewed the operational licence for digital lending business for our client, Igho Finance Limited. This renewal of the digital lending licence is a confirmation of the company’s compliance with regulatory standards …