Tag: money lender

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 …

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 …

Federal Competition & Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has permanently delisted three digital loan Apps belonging to Orange Loan Limited, Purple Credit Limited and another company which are licensed as approved Digital Mobile Lenders (“DMLs”) in Nigeria. According to the Commission, the deleted loan Apps were …

Doing digital lending business in Nigeria generally requires an operational licence that must be renewed annually in addition to fulfilling other regulatory compliance obligations if the company must remain compliant with the law. In Lagos State, for example, a company cannot operate a business of …

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (“FCCPC”) has announced its decision to begin to receive applications for registration of new digital money lending companies in Nigeria. On August 18, 2022, the FCCPC, as part of its Joint Regulatory and Enforcement Task Force (“JRETF”), introduced …

The consumer lending sub-sector in Nigeria is rapidly growing in terms of the number of market entrants (over 200 loan companies operating in the country), the licensing requirements and regulatory changes introduced to address consumer complaints against some business malpractices like privacy rights violations and …