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The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has said that Nigerian students will need to present their National Identification Number (NIN) and Bank Verification Number (BVN) to access student loans.
Over a decade ago, Nigeria’s total unclaimed dividends reportedly stood at N60bn.
Registration for the Bank Verification Number (BVN) increased to 61.16 million as of March 15, 2024.
Nigerian banks have been sending messages to their customers to link their NIN with their bank accounts as instructed by the CBN.
OPay, a leading financial service institution, urges its customers to complete the mandatory Bank Verification Number (BVN) or National Identification Number (NIN) verification on their accounts.
Nigerian banks recently issued a memo about a week ago, urging customers to link their National Identification Number and Biometric Verification numbers to their accounts.
Nigerian banks are currently pushing their customers to come and link their NIN and BVN as the March deadline fixed by the CBN approaches.
BVN jumped to 60.49 million on January 26, 2024, showing that a total of 291,232 new BVNs were issued by banks in the last two weeks.
Registration for the Bank Verification Number (BVN) increased to 60.2 million as of January 10, 2024.
The mandating of the linkage of BVN and NIN by CBN across all tiers of accounts in Nigeria, brought a wave of panic amongst customers.
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu has stated that the Federal government’s humanitarian assistance initiatives like the Farmer Money, Trader Money, and Conditional Cash Transfer have benefitted up to 3.5 million Nigerians.
Registration for the Bank Verification Number (BVN) increased to 59.9 million as of December 18, 2023.