While the rate of unemployment among Nigerian youths is rapidly growing at a very disturbing pace, 19-year-old Osaruguemwen Asemota Precious doesn’t want to join the growing number. One of the entrepreneurial actions she took was to establish a makeup business. The undergraduate Medical Laboratory Science student at the Kwara State University, she set up a … Read more
One of the major challenges Micro, Small, And Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) face is a lack of support, majorly financial and technical support. But the Standards Organisation of Nigeria said it’s collaborating with states governments in Nigeria to empower the small business owners in their daily entrepreneurial struggles. SON, Nigeria’s agency responsible for certifying products to … Read more
One of the services provided by the CBN is facilitating the purchase of foreign exchange for paying Foreign Medical Bills through Form A. Form A enables Nigerians to buy dollars, euros, or Pounds among others for applicants to attend to their healthcare needs in a hospital outside the shore of Nigeria. Here are the requirements … Read more
Following the recent directive by the Central Bank of Nigeria on the sales of forex, Nigerians can now walk into any branches of Nigerian banks to buy foreign exchange for Personal Travel Allowance (PTA) and Business Travel Allowance (BTA). Targeted people Requirements for Personal Travel Allowance 1) You must be eighteen years old and above … Read more
Have you ever been caught in the web of banking glitches? Like when you’re debited for performing a transaction that isn’t executed. What exactly did you do when this happened to you? Report to your bank and wait for several weeks without a solution to your complaint? For those who earlier submission application for BDC … Read more
Before the latest policy of the Central Bank of Nigerian on the sales dollars and other foreign currencies to Bureau de Change operators, there were individuals who submitted applications for BDC operating licence to the apex bank, they can now apply for a refund. This followed the announcement by the apex bank that no fresh … Read more
Bureaux De Change operators are not backing down despite the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to stop the sales of forex to them. They stated this Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Abuja after Godwin Emefiele-led CBN declared that some of the operators are conduits for money laundering and diverted the forex meant for … Read more
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it is too early to make cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, ethereum, and bitcoincash among others a legal tender. For instance, BTC price broke above $50,000 for the first time in history on Tuesday, February 16, 2021, a price it couldn’t sustain due to its volatility. A report which was published … Read more
One of the hardest challenges small business owners face around the world is getting bank loans to support their startups. It’s even more difficult in Nigeria where the rate of defaulters is high. So, financial institutions are extremely cautious before granting loan requests. No one wants to go out of business. Note that there are … Read more
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) took the toughest decision on July 27, 2021, stopping the sales of dollars to Bureaux De Change (BDCs) operators in the country. It cited the activities of the BDCs in the forex market as counter-productive to Nigeria’s economy. The action has raised a lot of dust because it will spark some … Read more
Some banks can be parasitic when it comes to charges: withdrawal charges, ATM card maintenance charges, and many other strange fees can be a burden on your business unless you take immediate action to find out why your account balance continues to deplete. In one of our articles, we elaborated on things you need to … Read more
Query in your CAC dashboard is a request by an official of the Corporate Affairs Commission that you need to fix an issue in your business name and company registration and re-submit the application for re-assessment. Reasons your business registration may be queried Some of the reasons your application may be rejected or queried include: … Read more
In the 1990s till late 2015, entrepreneurs who operated current accounts for their businesses paid returns on such accounts, it was called Commission on Turnover (CoT). That has changed as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) replaced CoT with Account Maintenance Charges (AMC) or Account Maintenance Fee in its Revised Guide to Bank Charges that … Read more
Content creation is one of the ways to start making money by working from home. The best part is that you can choose your preferred time to work. Don’t forget that content creation has been redefined since the launch of a writing Opera hub in Nigeria where writers who create original content can earn as … Read more
Since the application for COVID-19 Targeted Credit Facility began, a lot of applicants who got loan offers have had to face the challenge of receiving their funds in their designated bank account. if you operate a tier 1 account, you won’t be able to receive funds beyond that limit. If your bank account can only … Read more