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Nigeria · statement · milestone · 2 Apr 2026

CBN convenes the Payments Service Providers Committee, with a new Payments System Vision to follow

JurisdictionNigeria (Africa)
AuthorityCentral Bank of Nigeria
Instrumentstatement
Statusmilestone
Event date2 Apr 2026
Coverage date10 Apr 2026
SourcesVanguard Nigeria
Referencecpm-2026-0019

The CBN inaugurated a joint Payments Service Providers Committee bringing the central bank, commercial banks, mobile money operators and fintechs to one table, after Nigeria's payment system crossed the quadrillion-naira mark with 11.2 billion transactions in 2024. A new Payments System Vision was promised within a month of launch. For digital assets the interesting part is the grey zone the committee will inevitably touch: cross-border payments, stablecoin-adjacent services and BNPL currently sit between licensing categories, and a coordination body is where those lines get redrawn. Re-verified 6 July 2026: the promised vision arrived on 1 June as the Payments System Vision 2028, with stablecoins written into it (cpm-2026-0024).