CBN 2025 Review of Automated Teller Machine (ATM) Transaction Fees: Misconceptions and Realities
On February 10, 2025, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) released a circular revising Automated Teller Machine (ATM) withdrawal charges, set to take effect from March 1, 2025. This publication offers a concise overview of the circular, clarifying its key provisions and dispelling common misconceptions. It explores the policy’s broader implications for financial inclusion, low-income […]
EFInA Unveils Refreshed Brand Identity and New Corporate Strategy at Stakeholder Event in Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria, February 21, 2025 Enhancing Financial Inclusion and Advancement (EFInA), Nigeria’s leading market facilitator for financial inclusion, recently hosted a landmark stakeholder event in Lagos, marking the unveiling of its refreshed brand identity, new five-year corporate strategy, and the introduction of its new Chief Executive Officer, Foyinsolami Akinjayeju. Under the theme “Beyond Financial Inclusion: […]
Request for Proposal for Access to Financial Services in Nigeria 2025 Survey
In pursuit of our goal of providing credible market information on the Nigerian financial sector, EFInA launched a groundbreaking initiative to study Nigeria’s financial service demand. The first national survey of this scope, the 2008 Access to Financial Services in Nigeria (A2F) survey, provided insights into how consumers manage their financial lives. Further surveys were conducted […]
Call for a Media Partner
Background Over the last fifteen years, EFInA has conducted the Access to Financial Services in Nigeria (A2F) survey in pursuit of our goal of providing credible market information on the Nigerian financial sector. The demand-side survey conducted biennially, provides insights into how consumers manage their financial lives. Data from the survey is used by a diverse […]
Call for a Web Developer
BACKGROUND Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA) is a financial sector development agency with a mission to make Nigeria’s financial system work better, especially for the poor, by facilitating the emergence of an all-inclusive, growth-promoting financial system. EFInA’s website is a key platform for stakeholders engaged and enabling them to benefit from EFInA’s market systems […]
EFInA welcomes funding commitment to support collecting credible financial inclusion data in Nigeria.
23 February 2023, Lagos – EFInA welcomes funding support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that contributes to the conduct of the Access to Financial Services in Nigeria (A2F) survey, as well as the development and implementation of a sustainability plan for the survey. The survey covers more than 27,000 consumers nationally and provides […]
EFInA and DSN launch National Financial Inclusion Dashboard at IFIC 2022
During the recently concluded International Financial Inclusion Conference IFIC 2022, EFInA in partnership with Data Scientist Network launched the National Financial […]
International Financial Inclusion Conference 2022 press release
The National Financial Inclusion Governance Committee Press Release / Announcement International Financial Inclusion Conference 2022 “Financial Inclusion for all: Scaling Innovative Digital Models” 24 – 25 November, 2022 Abuja, Nigeria www.ific2022.com International Financial Inclusion Conference: EFInA and Data scientist Network to Launch financial inclusion dashboard The National Financial Inclusion Governance Committee headed by the Central […]
MSME FINANCE BREAKING BARRIERS HACKATHON
In furtherance of its efforts to bridge the gap in access to formal credit for Micro, Medium, and Small-Scale Enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria, Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access in partnership with GIZ is organising an innovative virtual hackathon challenge tagged: ‘MSME Finance…Breaking the Barriers’. The hackathon is designed to facilitate the development of tech applications […]
CALL FOR DESIGN CONSULTANT
About EFInA Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA) is a financial sector development organization that promotes inclusive finance in Nigeria. EFInA is renowned within Nigeria’s financial sector for providing thought leadership toward achieving financial inclusion and championing the unbanked. Data from the EFInA Access to Financial Services in Nigeria surveys and other research has served as […]
