Regulatory Compliance Vault

Nigerian financial sector compliance directory — Acts, Regulations, Guidelines and Circulars from PenCom, CBN, NAICOM, SEC and NDPC.

CBN Guideline 31 May 2020
Guidelines on Operations of Electronic Payment Channels in Nigeria

Reviewed and approved conduct standards for electronic payment channels.

Applies To
Banks and other financial institutions o…
Effective
31 May 2020
Compliance Deadline
CBN Circular 27 May 2020
Regulatory Forbearance for the Restructuring of Credit Facilities of Other Financial Institutions Impacted by COVID-19

Permits OFIs to restructure credit facilities for COVID-19-impacted borrowers without automatic downgrade classification. Extended twice more (March 2021, March 2022) as the pandem…

Applies To
Other Financial Institutions and their b…
Effective
27 May 2020
Compliance Deadline
CBN Circular 29 Apr 2020
Review of Minimum Capital Requirements for Microfinance Banks in Nigeria

Revises minimum capital requirements specifically for microfinance banks.

Applies To
Microfinance banks.
Effective
29 Apr 2020
Compliance Deadline
CBN Guideline 25 Mar 2020
Guidelines for the Operations of the ₦100 Billion Credit Support for the Healthcare Sector

COVID-19-era intervention fund guidelines providing ₦100bn in credit support to the healthcare sector.

Applies To
Healthcare sector borrowers and particip…
Effective
25 Mar 2020
Compliance Deadline
CBN Guideline 23 Mar 2020
Guidelines for the Implementation of the ₦50 Billion Targeted Credit Facility

COVID-19-era targeted credit facility guidelines providing household and SME relief financing.

Applies To
Households, SMEs and participating finan…
Effective
23 Mar 2020
Compliance Deadline
CBN Directive 16 Mar 2020
CBN Policy Measures in Response to COVID-19 Outbreak and Spillovers

The landmark CBN policy package responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, spanning regulatory forbearance, interest rate reductions, and targeted intervention funds across the financial…

Applies To
All banks and other financial institutio…
Effective
16 Mar 2020
Compliance Deadline
CBN Regulation 09 Mar 2020
Revised Standards on Nigeria Uniform Bank Account Number (NUBAN) for Banks and Other Financial Institutions

Revised technical and operational standards for the Nigeria Uniform Bank Account Number scheme.

Applies To
Banks and other financial institutions i…
Effective
09 Mar 2020
Compliance Deadline
CBN Circular 24 Feb 2020
Clarification on Operations of Ordinary Domiciliary Accounts

Clarifies permissible transactions and operating rules specific to ordinary domiciliary accounts.

Applies To
Banks and domiciliary account holders.
Effective
24 Feb 2020
Compliance Deadline
CBN Circular 07 Jan 2020
Regulatory Measures to Improve Lending to the Real Sector of the Nigerian Economy (Loan-to-Deposit Ratio policy)

Establishes a minimum Loan-to-Deposit Ratio (LDR) for banks, with Cash Reserve Requirement sanctions for non-compliance, to drive real-sector lending. Reiterated in April 2024.

Applies To
All deposit money banks.
Effective
07 Jan 2020
Compliance Deadline
CBN Framework 06 Jan 2020
Guideline on Nigerian Payments System Risk and Information Security Management Framework

Foundational framework for risk and information security management across the Nigerian payments system.

Applies To
All participants in the Nigerian payment…
Effective
06 Jan 2020
Compliance Deadline
NDPC Guideline 01 Jan 2020
Guidelines for the Management of Personal Data by Public Institutions in Nigeria, 2020

Sets standards for how public institutions in Nigeria collect, process, store and share personal data, implementing the NDPR 2019 specifically for the public sector.

Applies To
Federal, state and local government inst…
Effective
01 Jan 2020
Compliance Deadline
SEC Rule 23 Dec 2019
New Rules and Sundry Amendments (23 December 2019)

Introduces rules on regulation of derivatives trading, central counterparties (CCPs), and registration of fixed income existing securities; major amendments to CIS rules; sundry am…

Applies To
Derivatives traders; CCPs; CIS operators
Effective
23 Dec 2019
Compliance Deadline

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