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Loan - Deposit Ratio: CBN To Impose Stiffer Laws On Banks

Loan – Deposit Ratio: CBN To Impose Stiffer Laws On Banks

  • Customers using loans for Treasury Bill will be blacklisted

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has vowed to impose stiffer sanctions on any commercial and blacklist customers that flout its minimum loan-to-deposit ratio (LDR) policy that is focused on increasing lending to the real sector of the economy.

The Director, Corporate Communications, CBN, Mr. Isaac Okoroafor, disclosed these in a chat on the sidelines of the ongoing International Monetary Fund/World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington DC, United States.

Specifically, it warned that any bank that is found to be disbursing loans to customers who subsequently invest such funds in treasury …

CBN Debits 12 Banks ₦499bn for 60% Loan Ratio Default

CBN Debits 12 Banks ₦499bn For 60% Loan Ratio Default

Credit to private sector rises to ₦16.397tn

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has deducted a total of ₦499,175,535,097 from the accounts of 12 banks under its supervision, over their failure to meet the September 30, 2019 deadline it had stipulated for them to maintain 60 percent loan-to-deposit (LDR) ratio.

The banks are Citibank, FirstBank of Nigeria, FBNQuest Merchant, First City Monument Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank, Jaiz Bank, Keystone Bank and Rand Merchant Bank.

Others are Standard Chartered Bank, Suntrust, United Bank for Africa and Zenith Bank.

A one-page document by the CBN obtained by newsmen last night showed that …