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    Nigeria set to shut down illegal digital lending apps

    Femi AdeoyaBy Femi AdeoyaOctober 10, 20233 Comments2 Mins Read
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    Nigeria set to shut down illegal digital lending apps

    The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) says the joint committee tackling violation of consumer rights by digital lending apps and online quick loan industry is set to shut down those operating illegally.

    There have been a major boomin the digial lending apps and quick loan platforms in Nigeria championed by financial technology companies, Fintechs. The Nigerian Government however may be on the way to limiting their activities to only those licensed and regulated by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.

    Presently, most of the digital lending operators are not regulated by any government authority and they engage in activities ranging from savings to lending as well as micro-investments and digital currency trading.

    Giving this indication, the Chief executive officer of FCCPC, Babatunde Irukera, told the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Abuja on Sunday that the committee would commence operation soon.

    The joint committee is made up of representatives from FCCPC, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

    Other agencies participating in the committee are the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

    Irukera said that the committee would also be writing provisional regulations for the money lending companies.

    “The joint committee is meeting and agreeing on how to proceed, but I can say that two of the entities of the joint committee will be going on the field and doing enforcement work now, very shortly,” NAN quoted Irukera as saying.

    “They will be closing down businesses and engaging App stores to shut down certain applications that are infringing and abusive.

    “We are also going to be writing interim regulations and some basic information for all these digial lenders to provide information so that people will know who they are.

    “Some of them are just digital lending apps that we do not even know who the promoters are.

    “So we are going to provide certain frameworks for them to comply with before doing business.”

     

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    Mr Femi Adeoya is a Chartered Forensic Accountant and a Certified Fraud Examiner. He has over 20 years professional work experience in accounting, finance and business management processes. As an Accounting Software Expert, he has implemented and supervised accounting solution set up of over 50 small and medium businesses in Nigeria. As a passionate blogger, Mr Adeoya is an ardent writer and communicationist. He is the CEO of QUICK LOAN ARENA (quickloanarena.com), the number 1 loan apps review website in Nigeria. He is very passionate about the quick and instant loan industry in Nigeria and has written over 200 reviews on different loan apps and digital banks in Nigeria, USA, Canada and UK.

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    3 Comments

    1. Samuel on January 13, 2022 6:32 pm

      How long will it take u guys to flush this thieves called loan app in this country.. It rilli getting out of hand.

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    2. joe on January 18, 2022 3:46 pm

      auto pilot mode activated to destroy. Loan lending apps

      Reply
    3. Abims on January 12, 2023 10:49 am

      LCREDIT, LCREDIT, LCREDIT. The lending app with 1 million lives. I don’t think even the government has power over them. They are just fraudulent.

      Reply
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