{"id":85970,"date":"2021-09-14T18:07:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T17:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=85970"},"modified":"2021-09-14T18:07:46","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T17:07:46","slug":"breaking-cbn-to-establish-nigerian-international-financial-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/breaking-cbn-to-establish-nigerian-international-financial-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: CBN to establish Nigerian International Financial Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, plans to establish the Nigerian International Financial Centre, NIFC, in the next 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>The Governor of the bank, Mr. Godwin Emefiele,\u00a0 announced this at the opening of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, CIBN, this (Tuesday) morning,\u00a0 in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cTo\u00a0 consolidate on the growth and resilience of Nigerian banks in the last decade, your excellency, your Central Bank, will, in the next 12 months, be establishing The Nigerian International Financial Centre, NIFC.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe NIFC will act as an international gateway for Capital and investments, driven by technology and payment system infrastructure.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThis new financial hub, will curate local and international banks to make them global champions.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe NIFC will be a 24\/7 financial centre that will complement London, New York and Singapore financial centres.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will enable an acceleration of our home grown initiatives such as the Infracorp Plc, the N15 trillion infrastructure fund which we will be launching in October.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe NIFC will also complement our initiatives on the Nigerian Commodity Exchange.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, plans to establish the Nigerian International Financial Centre, NIFC, in the next 12 months. 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