Rapportera: Fyra nigerianska långivare straffade för att de inte lyckades blockera kryptotransaktioner

The Nigerian central bank recently fined four financial institutions it accuses of failing to stop clients from using their respective platforms to conduct cryptocurrency transactions. According to one of the affected institutions, the central bank is using a certainadvanced abilityto detect crypto transactions.

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Lenders Unable to Detect Crypto Transactions

Nigerias centralbank (CBN) recently penalized four lenders it accuses of failing to abide by a directive that forbids Nigerian financial institutions from facilitating cryptocurrency transactions, har en rapport sagt.

Enligt Rapportera, one of the affected financial institutions, Stanbic IBTC Bank, was fined an equivalent of $478,595. The fine, according to the banks CEO Wole Adeniyi, relates to two bank accounts that have been used to facilitate crypto transactions.

While Adeniyi insisted that his organization is complying with the CBNs directive, he admitted that his bank was unable to detect the transactions that ultimately prompted the central bank to take action. Unlike financial institutions, the CBN is reported to have access to anadvanced abilitythat enables it to detect cryptocurrencies.

CBN’s ‘Advanced Ability

As explained in the report, the central bank is now sharing access to itsadvanced abilitywith lenders that are eager to avoid its sanctions.

It doesnt seem that they are going to entertain a refund, but they are now sharing intelligence with us to be able to kind of deter clients,” Adeniyi is quoted explaining.

Besides Adeniyis bank, the CBN is reported to have imposed a fine of nearly $1.2 million against Access Bank Plc after the lender failed to close a clients crypto account. United Bank for Africa was fined an equivalent of $239,000, while Fidelity Bank is expected to pay just over $34,000.

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