Nigeria Banks on Fintech

The Country is Gearing up for a Financial Tech Explosion

Article Innovation, Complexity 1 October 2017

PM Network

Fister Gale, Sarah

How to cite this article:

Fister Gale, S. (2017). Nigeria Banks on Fintech: The Country is Gearing up for a Financial Tech Explosion. PM Network, 31(10), 10–11.
The country best suited for a digital money revolution is ... Nigeria? Africa's largest economy averaged US$142.8 million in monthly mobile money transactions in 2016, up from US$5 million in 2011, according to KPMG. Increased adoption is forthcoming, too: More than 90 percent of respondents to a 2017 PwC survey said they expect fintech to disrupt Nigeria's retail banking sector in the next five years.
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