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Nigeria's central bank is also making a hard court press to (eventually) become cashless:
CBN Begins Enforcement Of 100% Cashless Economy Todayhttps://independent.ng/cbn-begins-enforcement-of-100-cashless-economy-today
This includes providing a subsidy for a specific use of the eNaira CBDC:
Shunned CBDC Looks for Street Credibility in Nigeria#85474https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-25/shunned-digital-currency-looks-for-street-credibility-in-nigeria [Archive]
Last week they (Central Bank of Nigeria, or CBN) announced a domestic card payments network:
By launching a card payment scheme, Nigeria will join the likes of India, Brazil, and Turkey, all of whom have domestic card payment schemes.
The CBN wants to create ATM cards, could compete with Mastercard, Visa, and Vervehttps://techpoint.africa/2022/10/26/cbn-domestic-card-scheme
Nigeria's central bank is also making a hard court press to (eventually) become cashless:
CBN Begins Enforcement Of 100% Cashless Economy Today
https://independent.ng/cbn-begins-enforcement-of-100-cashless-economy-today
This includes providing a subsidy for a specific use of the eNaira CBDC:
Shunned CBDC Looks for Street Credibility in Nigeria
#85474
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-25/shunned-digital-currency-looks-for-street-credibility-in-nigeria [Archive]
Last week they (Central Bank of Nigeria, or CBN) announced a domestic card payments network:
The CBN wants to create ATM cards, could compete with Mastercard, Visa, and Verve
https://techpoint.africa/2022/10/26/cbn-domestic-card-scheme