{"id":352434,"date":"2025-01-15T13:23:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T12:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=352434"},"modified":"2025-01-15T13:23:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T12:23:59","slug":"ussd-debt-ncc-orders-telcos-to-disconnect-nine-banks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/15\/ussd-debt-ncc-orders-telcos-to-disconnect-nine-banks\/","title":{"rendered":"USSD debt: NCC orders telcos to disconnect nine banks"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>The nine Nigerian banks will no longer use the assigned mobile network operators USSD from January 27, 2025<\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Nigerian Communications Commission on Tuesday permitted telecommunications companies to disconnect nine Nigerian banks from the assigned Unstructured Supplementary Service Data codes usage over unpaid invoices.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission disclosed this in a notice on Tuesday, signed by its spokesperson, Ruben Muoka.<\/p>\n<p>According to the regulator, the nine Nigerian banks will no longer use the assigned mobile network operators USSD from January 27, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The affected financial institutions include Fidelity Bank Plc, First City Monument Bank, Jaiz Bank Plc, Polaris Bank Limited, Sterling Bank Limited, United Bank for Africa Plc, Unity Bank Plc, Wema Bank Plc, and Zenith Bank Plc.<\/p>\n<p>The affected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/06\/02\/telcos-notify-banks-of-imminent-disconnection-over-n200bn-ussd-debt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USSD codes<\/a> include 770, 919, 822, among others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the information made available to the commission as of the close of business on Tuesday, 14th January 2025, of a total of 18 financial institutions, the nine institutions listed below have failed to comply significantly with the directives in the Second Joint Circular of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the commission dated December 20, 2024, for the settlement of outstanding invoices due to MNOS, some since 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fulfilment of its consumer protection mandate, the commission wishes to inform consumers that they may be unable to access the USSD platform of the affected financial institutions from January 27, 2025,\u201d the Commission said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The nine Nigerian banks will no longer use the assigned mobile network operators USSD from January 27, 2025 The Nigerian Communications Commission on Tuesday permitted telecommunications companies to disconnect nine Nigerian banks from the assigned Unstructured Supplementary Service Data codes usage over unpaid invoices. 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