NIPOST plans biometrics, agency banking system to push Nigeria financial inclusion
The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) is making contributions to the country’s financial inclusion efforts in the form a biometric registration…
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Identity accessibility among barriers to financial inclusion for Nigeria’s rural women
Hindrances to the uptake of digital identity by women, especially in the rural parts of Nigeria, are among the factors…
Financial inclusion still low in Nigeria despite digital ID coverage push
Nigeria’s efforts to expand digital ID issuance may be going steadily forward but the number of citizens still financially excluded…
Integrated Biometrics sees financial inclusion gains from Nigeria’s digital ID
A new case study from Integrated Biometrics (IB) explains the company’s engagement with the Nigerian government, including how its Kojak…
Papersoft and Integrated Biometrics selected to address financial inclusion in Nigeria
The Nigerian Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS) has selected Papersoft and Integrated Biometrics as technology partners under the country’s Financial Inclusion…
Biometric ID is a tool for migrant instrumentalization in Nigeria, study argues
An academic study on migrants from five central and west African countries seeking refuge in Nigeria has found that biometric…
Nigeria to strengthen digital ID enrollment operations to ease access to govt services
The acting director general of Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Abisoye Coker-Odusote, has expressed her determination to improve conditions…
Beware overreliance on digital ID for financial inclusion. Policy is just as key
Welcome to the peak of inflated expectations for digital-ID onboarding for financial services. All familiar with the remarkably long-lived Hype…
Nigerians raise eyebrows as CBN tells banks to require social media accounts for KYC
There have been mixed reactions by concerned parties in Nigeria following a directive by the country’s Central Bank (CBN) for…
Nigeria issues 5M more digital IDs in six months, plans special cards for the elderly
Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has revealed that it enrolled 5,935,362 people for the National Identification Number (NIN) from…
