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Mobile money: Abuja central bank gives MTN Nigeria green light

 
MTN Nigeria Communications PLC debuted May 16 on the Nigerian Stock Exchange in Lagos [Temilade Adelaja/Reuters]
MTN Nigeria Communications PLC debuted May 16 on the Nigerian Stock Exchange in Lagos [Temilade Adelaja/Reuters]
A subsidiary of MTN Nigeria Communications PLC has been awarded a licence by the country's central bank in Abuja that would allow it to provide financial services, the telecoms firm said on Monday.

Nigeria announced last year that it would allow telecom companies to provide banking services, aiming to give millions of Nigerians without bank accounts access to mobile money services - which have been successful elsewhere in Africa.

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