According to data from the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS), cashless transactions in Nigeria increased by 42.05 percent to reach N395.47 trillion in 2022. The data revealed that Nigerians spent more through cashless forms of payment, which was N117.07 trillion more than the N278.39 trillion total cashless transactions processed in 2021. The N395.47 trillion processed in 2022 was composed of transactions made on the Instant Payment System and Point of Sales terminals, the channels where cashless transactions are recorded on the NIBSS.
February 9, 2023
Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 2)
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Latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) report by the International Monetary Fund reveals that Nigerias economy will grow by 1.9 percent in 2018 an unchanged stance from earlier projections. However, the figure is 2.9 percentage points lower than the 4.8 percent 2018 estimated growth rate in Nigerias ERGP (Economic Recovery and Growth Plan) 2 showing a very large disparity between domestic and international growth forecasts for Nigeria. The Funds projection however seems to have taken into cognizance underlying factors that could slow growth in the medium term: faster pace of population growth relative to GDP growth3, poor policy implementation, banking system fragilities and foreign exchange market segmentation.