{"id":81479,"date":"2021-09-12T08:38:54","date_gmt":"2021-09-12T07:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=81479"},"modified":"2021-09-12T08:46:01","modified_gmt":"2021-09-12T07:46:01","slug":"cbn-to-banks-desist-from-forex-malpractices-or-face-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/12\/cbn-to-banks-desist-from-forex-malpractices-or-face-suspension\/","title":{"rendered":"CBN to banks: Desist from forex malpractices or face suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has cautioned banks involved in any form of foreign exchange (FX) malpractice risk their FX operational licence being suspended for at least one year.<\/p>\n<p>This warning was issued on Friday by the apex bank in a circular signed by director of trade and exchange department, O.S Nnaji<\/p>\n<p>This is coming months after the<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> CBN announced that it would discontinue sales of FX to Bureaux De Change operators (BDCs).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The apex bank accused BDC operators of turning away from their objectives, saying they have become \u201cagents that facilitate graft and corruption in the country\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CBN had said it will henceforth channel weekly allocations of dollar sales to commercial banks to meet legitimate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/10\/efcc-to-banks-do-not-sell-fx-to-customers-not-travelling-abroad\/\">FX<\/a> demands, while mandating banks to sell forex to every customer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the circular, the CBN urged banks to know their customers, as well as the kind of businesses their customers are involved in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cIn line with the continuing close surveillance of our financial market in general and the FX market in particular, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/12\/domiciliary-no-plan-to-convert-currencies-cbn\/\">CBN<\/a> wishes to remind all banks that it is their responsibility to not only know their customers (KYC requirements) but also know their customers\u2019 business KYCB requirements,\u201d the circular reads.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cGiven these responsibilities and in view of recent occurrences in the market, the CBN would like to remind banks to desist from all and any form of forex malpractice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cWe wish to reiterate that the FX operations licence of any bank or banks that are found culpable with the ongoing investigation would be suspended at least for one year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has cautioned banks involved in any form of foreign exchange (FX) malpractice risk their FX operational licence being suspended for at least one year. 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