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Based on combined followership across Instagram, X (Twitter), and LinkedIn platforms, here are the top 10 Nigerian banks with the largest social media presence as of July 2025.
Nigerian banks are likely to face lower profitability, tighter capital buffers, and a potential uptick in non-performing loans (NPLs) as the country’s central bank begins a gradual withdrawal of the regulatory forbearance measures introduced at the height of the COVID-19 crisis. 
Sources from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) have debunked a recent announcement by banks that the deduction of charges for the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) from customers’ airtime, otherwise known as end-user billing, commenced on June 3. 
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Retail banking continues to be a key battleground for Nigerian banks as competition intensifies for low-cost deposits. 
Nigerian banks have begun releasing their Q1 2025 results, and while many are still posting billions in profit, the era of runaway earnings growth may be drawing to a close. 
Nigeria’s listed banks earned a combined N5.93 trillion from investment securities in 2024, a sharp rise that highlights how lenders leaned into safe, high-yield assets during the year.  
As inflation persists and the war for top talent intensifies, Nigerian banks are responding in markedly different ways when it comes to employee pay.
Nigerian banks are increasingly relying on costly short-term commercial papers (CPs) to address liquidity challenges as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) enforces stringent cash reserve policies, driving up deposit costs, Bloomberg reports. 
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has expressed concern over the continuing disruptions in online banking services across Nigeria, describing it as a violation of the customers’ rights.
The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) and the Body of Banks CEOs in Nigeria have expressed concern over the persistent social media criticism directed at Nigerian banks.