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SEC Calls For Use of Technology to Deepen Financial Inclusion

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1 year ago

December 6, 2021

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) called on policymakers and capital market stakeholders to leverage technology to increase access to financial services and deepen financial inclusion in the country.

The Director-General of the SEC, Lamido Yuguda made these comments at the 2021 Capital Market Correspondents Association of Nigeria workshop which was held in Lagos during the weekend.

He said there were over 191 million active mobile subscribers and 140 million active data subscribers in Nigeria as of the 3rd of October 2021 and that presented a cost-effective means of providing financial services to the untapped market, especially in the rural areas.

His full statement was “Leveraging technology to offer financial services has advantages over traditional means because it breaks down geographical constraints, It also simplifies the means of serving existing customers, for example through the use of mobile banking agents to perform banking transactions”.

Financial institutions in Nigeria are increasingly using electronic channels to onboard clients and address customer queries and bring financial product offerings to prospective users.

When he was asked what steps the SEC is taking to boost financial inclusion, he said the SEC has taken steps such as working with the Fund Managers Association of Nigeria to accelerate financial inclusion to collective investment schemes.

The SEC is also proposing a hackathon challenge to help develop a comprehensive suite of mobile internet-based services targeted at having an end-to-end process of the entire capital market.

The Deputy Director, Securities offerings at SEC, Abdulkadir Abbas also spoke during the event and said there was a need for active collaboration of all capital market shareholders to help drive the initiative. He said the adoption of technology can help open up the capital market and bridge the gap of the unbanked. He also said the average age of participants in the capital market is 53 years and that youths need to be motivated to come and trade on the capital market.

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MTN Nigeria Borrows N125 Billion from Debt Market Via Commercial Paper

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2 weeks ago

March 7, 2023

Samed Olukoya

Africa’s leading telecommunications giant, MTN Nigeria has successfully borrowed N125 billion from Nigerians via sales of commercial paper, a document has shown.

In the document obtained by Investors King on Tuesday, the commercial paper was issued under MTN Nigeria’s N150 billion Commercial paper issuance Programme. The company had set out to raise N100 billion but recorded an oversubscription of 25%, to raise a total of N125 billion.

Commercial paper is a debt instrument issued by corporations to raise money to finance short-term liabilities

The commercial papers were issued with a maturity of 188 days and a yield of 11.00%, as well as commercial papers with a maturity of 267 days and a yield of 12.50%.

This issuance of commercial papers is in line with MTN Nigeria’s strategy to broaden its funding sources. According to the document, funds generated from this issuance will be used to support the company’s short-term working capital and funding needs.

“MTN Nigeria Communications PLC (MTN Nigeria) hereby notifies Nigerian Exchange Limited and the investing public of the successful completion of its Series 4 & 5 Commercial Paper issuance under its Nl50 billion Commercial Paper Issuance Programme (the CP Issuance).

“MTN Nigeria sought to raise N100 billion, and the transaction was 125% subscribed, with a total of A125 billion raised.

“MTN Nigeria issued 188-day commercial papers at a yield of 11.00% and 267-day commercial papers at a yield of 12.50%. The CP Issuance was completed on 1 March 2023.

“The CP Issuance is part of MTN Nigeria‘s strategy to diversity its funding options. The proceeds will be utilised for its short-term working capital and funding requirements,” the document reads.

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DLM Capital Group Redeems its ₦1.24bn Series 1, ₦1.01bn Series 2 and ₦1.27bn Series 3 Commercial Paper Issues

Prominent financial institution, DLM Capital Group, has announced the maturity and successful redemption of its ₦1.24bn Series 1, ₦1.01bn Series 2 and ₦1.27bn Series 3 Commercial Paper Issues under its ₦20 Billion Commercial Paper Issuance Programme.

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6 months ago

September 20, 2022

Samed Olukoya

The ₦1.24bn Series 1, ₦1.01bn Series 2 and ₦1.27bn Series 3 Commercial Papers which were all issued via and quoted on the FMDQ Securities Exchange; matured on the 31^st May 2022, 29^th August, 2022, and 12^th August 2022 respectively. In line with best practice, the FMDQ has been informed of these redemptions.

With a successful outing, the three Series garnered investments from a variety of investors ranging from Pension Fund Administrators, Asset Managers, Insurance companies and Banks.

Commenting on the successful redemption, the GCEO of DLM Capital Group, Mr. Sonnie B. Ayere, said, “We are pleased to have fully repaid all the investors in the Series 1, Series 2 and Series 3 CP issuances. We thank all our investors for their participation and reiterate our commitment to being a counterparty that can be relied on for the long term; we have been around for 13 years, and we will continue to contribute our quota to Nigeria’s development”.

He further added that “these redemptions reflect DLM’s capacity to meet its financial obligations as at when due and we intend to remain an active issuer in the commercial paper market.”

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Facebook, Apple, Others Lose Big in Market Value

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10 months ago

May 10, 2022

Investors King

The global financial market rout has plunged the value of the world’s largest technology companies by over $1 trillion in the last three trading days. This was after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.25% last week, below the 0.75% projected by experts.

The Federal Reserve had attributed its decision to a series of global uncertainties due to the Russia-Ukraine war and extended COVID-19 restrictions in China, the world’s second-largest economy. These were a few of the uncertainties predicted by a global investment bank, Deutsche Bank to plunge the U.S and the rest of the world into a recession by 2023.

Concerns over projected recession have led to a broad-based selloff in risk assets across the world.

“When risk assets fall and fall fast enough, there’s no question they’re going to hurt growth,” said LaVorgna, who was chief economist for the National Economic Council under former President Donald Trump. “If anything, the relationship is even better when asset prices decline than when they go up.”

Apple Inc, the world’s most capitalised company shed $200 billion in the last three trading days.

While Microsoft lost $189 billion in market value. Tesla, Amazon, Alphabet, Nvidia and Meta (Facebook) lost $199 billion, $173 billion, $123 billion, $85 and $70 billion, respectively.

In only three trading sessions the “Stocks at large have sold off since the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate on Wednesday, but technology has endured more pain than other sectors of the economy.”