The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has described as fake, the news making the rounds that it suspended accounts of Fintech companies like OPAY and PALMPAY.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), this was made known by the acting director of corporate communications of CBN, Isa Abdulmumin, on Friday in Abuja, when he said that the viral news “is simply fake’’.
Premium Times stated that the viral news credited to Abdulmumin claimed that the CBN was about to suspend accounts of the Fintech companies because they were being used to perpetrate fraud.
OPAY and PALMPAY had in separate social media messages denied being under the radar of the CBN.
OPAY had stated that; “the post mentioning the CBN shutting down our operations is false and misleading to the general public.’’
PALMPAY also posted a similar disclaimer, saying: “We are aware of the news currently being spread on social media about CBN shutting down the operations of PALMPAY. Please ignore all such misleading news of this nature,’’ it stated.
OPAY and PALMPAY are licensed under the CBN mobile payment regulatory framework.
They are to provide mobile money services including mobile payment services to both the banked and unbanked and to drive financial inclusion.
