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The Relationship between Payment Systems and Banks in Africa

The Relationship between Payment Systems and Banks in Africa

By Osaze Omo-Ojo Payment systems consist of the process, people, methods, technologies, rules, instruments and practices. Broadly speaking, there are two types of payment systems; traditional and modern. Traditional payment systems involve documentation credits (letters of credit) and negotiable instruments (cheques). The arrival of computers, electronic means of communication, and mobile devices gave rise to […]

PoS transactions fall by 16%

PoS transactions fall by 16%

Financial sector experts are divided over the 16 percent month-on-month, MoM, decline in the value of Point-of-Sale, PoS, transactions in January 2020.

PoS Terminals : For a  better user experience

PoS Terminals : For a better user experience

Card payments on Point of sale (PoS) terminals in Nigeria have grown in volume from a paltry 5,000 monthly volume in 2011 to 30 million as at November 2018, all thanks to the success of the Cashless Nigeria initiative launched by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and all banks in Nigeria in 2011. About seven million cards made the 30 million card payments out of an estimated 40 million active cards in circulation in Nigeria; other cards were generally used on Automatic Teller Machines (ATM).

PoS transactions rise 39% to N297bn in 2mths

PoS transactions rise 39% to N297bn in 2mths

The value of electronic payment transactions through Point of Sale (PoS) terminals rose by 39 percent, year-on-year, to N297 billion in the first two months of the year.