Financial Sector Assessment Program : Nigeria - Banking Cross-Border Issues
The introduction of new much higher minimum capital requirements and the subsequent banking sector consolidation created a platform for Nigerian banks to expand within the region and more globally. After capitalization, several Nigerian banks found...
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ACQUISITIONS ASSETS BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA BANKING CRISIS BANKING SECTOR BANKING SUPERVISION BANKING SYSTEM BANKS BUSINESS CASE CAPITAL ADEQUACY CAPITAL ALLOCATION CAPITAL FLIGHT CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL MARKETS CAPITAL NEEDS CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS CAPITALIZATION CAR CENTRAL BANKS CEOS COLLECTIVE COLLECTIVE ACTION COLLECTIVE ACTION PROBLEMS CONFIDENTIALITY CONSOLIDATED SUPERVISION CONSOLIDATION CORPORATION COUNTRY CAPITAL CROSS-BORDER CAPITAL CROSS-BORDER EXPANSION CROSS-BORDER ISSUES CROSS-BORDER TRANSACTION CROSS-BORDER TRANSACTIONS DATA RELIABILITY DEPOSIT DEPOSIT INSURANCE DEPOSIT INSURANCE SCHEMES DEPOSITORS DEPOSITS DISCRETION DIVESTMENT DUE DILIGENCE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN EIB EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK EXCHANGE RATE EXPOSURE EXPOSURES FINANCE CORPORATION FINANCIAL ANALYSIS FINANCIAL CONGLOMERATE FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL STABILITY FOREIGN BANKS FOREIGN EXCHANGE HARMONIZATION HOME COUNTRY INFORMATION SHARING INITIATIVE INSOLVENCY INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL BANKS INTERNATIONAL FINANCE JURISDICTIONS LIQUIDITY LOCAL CURRENCY MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARKET EXPANSION MERGERS MONETARY POLICY MULTINATIONAL MUTUAL RECOGNITION NATIONAL BANK NEW MARKET OPEN ECONOMIES OUTSOURCING OVERSEAS BANKS PRUDENTIAL REQUIREMENTS REGIONAL BANKS REGULATORS REGULATORY AUTHORITIES REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS REORGANIZATION RESERVE BANK RESERVE REQUIREMENTS RISK MANAGEMENT SHAREHOLDERS SINGLE SHARE STAKEHOLDERS SUBSIDIARIES SUBSIDIARY SUPERVISORY AGENCY SYSTEMIC RISK TRANSPARENCY TREASURY TREASURY BILLS VOLATILITY |
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ACQUISITIONS ASSETS BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA BANKING CRISIS BANKING SECTOR BANKING SUPERVISION BANKING SYSTEM BANKS BUSINESS CASE CAPITAL ADEQUACY CAPITAL ALLOCATION CAPITAL FLIGHT CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL MARKETS CAPITAL NEEDS CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS CAPITALIZATION CAR CENTRAL BANKS CEOS COLLECTIVE COLLECTIVE ACTION COLLECTIVE ACTION PROBLEMS CONFIDENTIALITY CONSOLIDATED SUPERVISION CONSOLIDATION CORPORATION COUNTRY CAPITAL CROSS-BORDER CAPITAL CROSS-BORDER EXPANSION CROSS-BORDER ISSUES CROSS-BORDER TRANSACTION CROSS-BORDER TRANSACTIONS DATA RELIABILITY DEPOSIT DEPOSIT INSURANCE DEPOSIT INSURANCE SCHEMES DEPOSITORS DEPOSITS DISCRETION DIVESTMENT DUE DILIGENCE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN EIB EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK EXCHANGE RATE EXPOSURE EXPOSURES FINANCE CORPORATION FINANCIAL ANALYSIS FINANCIAL CONGLOMERATE FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL STABILITY FOREIGN BANKS FOREIGN EXCHANGE HARMONIZATION HOME COUNTRY INFORMATION SHARING INITIATIVE INSOLVENCY INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL BANKS INTERNATIONAL FINANCE JURISDICTIONS LIQUIDITY LOCAL CURRENCY MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARKET EXPANSION MERGERS MONETARY POLICY MULTINATIONAL MUTUAL RECOGNITION NATIONAL BANK NEW MARKET OPEN ECONOMIES OUTSOURCING OVERSEAS BANKS PRUDENTIAL REQUIREMENTS REGIONAL BANKS REGULATORS REGULATORY AUTHORITIES REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS REORGANIZATION RESERVE BANK RESERVE REQUIREMENTS RISK MANAGEMENT SHAREHOLDERS SINGLE SHARE STAKEHOLDERS SUBSIDIARIES SUBSIDIARY SUPERVISORY AGENCY SYSTEMIC RISK TRANSPARENCY TREASURY TREASURY BILLS VOLATILITY International Monetary Fund World Bank Financial Sector Assessment Program : Nigeria - Banking Cross-Border Issues |
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The introduction of new much higher
minimum capital requirements and the subsequent banking
sector consolidation created a platform for Nigerian banks
to expand within the region and more globally. After
capitalization, several Nigerian banks found themselves with
large amounts of capital while there was an environment of
uncertainty about the situation in Nigeria in the aftermath
of the 2009 Nigerian banking crisis. This together with new
market expansion opportunities gave an impulse to a number
of Nigerian banks to quickly expand within West and Central
Africa, as well as more globally. The global crisis itself
provided Nigerian banks with opportunities to expand within
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). With Nigerian banks' presence
in many countries in the region and more globally, the
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) needed to overhaul its
traditional supervisory practices and embark on rigorous
supervision of its banks on a consolidated basis taking into
account all their subsidiaries and branches abroad-a task
with which even advanced supervisors still struggle. This
note focuses on issues of cross-border coordination and
provides policy recommendations that could be taken into
consideration by the CBN. Section two provides a brief
description of the expansion and cross-border liquidity
flows of some Nigerian banks. Section three focuses on
issues related to supervisory cross-border coordination.
Section four offers some recommendations. Several Nigerian
banks have expanded abroad, primarily within West and
Central Africa over the recent years. Banks in Nigeria with
international activities have to maintain a Capital Adequacy
Ratio (CAR) of at least 15 percent, compared with the CAR
requirement of 10 percent for the other Nigerian banks. At
least two of those banks with headquarters in Nigeria have
subsidiaries across Africa and representative offices and/or
subsidiaries in Europe. One regional bank has headquarters
in Togo, while its main subsidiary with about 44 percent of
the total assets domiciles in Nigeria. Cross-border
liquidity flows of Nigerian banks fluctuated from month to
month in 2012, as Nigerian banks have been becoming more
active in the region. According to the CBN, initial
experiences have been encouraging, but it faces some serious
challenges in further strengthening of cross-border
supervision. A recent CBN circular issued in May 2012,
restricting Nigerian banks' capacity to capitalize
their foreign subsidiaries, will seem to be an unnecessary
restriction on an activity that will generally be managed
through the supervisory process. |
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Financial Sector Assessment Program : Nigeria - Banking Cross-Border Issues |
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Financial Sector Assessment Program : Nigeria - Banking Cross-Border Issues |
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Financial Sector Assessment Program : Nigeria - Banking Cross-Border Issues |
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Financial Sector Assessment Program : Nigeria - Banking Cross-Border Issues |
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Financial Sector Assessment Program : Nigeria - Banking Cross-Border Issues |
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financial sector assessment program : nigeria - banking cross-border issues |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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okr-10986-159662021-04-23T14:03:23Z Financial Sector Assessment Program : Nigeria - Banking Cross-Border Issues International Monetary Fund World Bank ACQUISITIONS ASSETS BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA BANKING CRISIS BANKING SECTOR BANKING SUPERVISION BANKING SYSTEM BANKS BUSINESS CASE CAPITAL ADEQUACY CAPITAL ALLOCATION CAPITAL FLIGHT CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL MARKETS CAPITAL NEEDS CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS CAPITALIZATION CAR CENTRAL BANKS CEOS COLLECTIVE COLLECTIVE ACTION COLLECTIVE ACTION PROBLEMS CONFIDENTIALITY CONSOLIDATED SUPERVISION CONSOLIDATION CORPORATION COUNTRY CAPITAL CROSS-BORDER CAPITAL CROSS-BORDER EXPANSION CROSS-BORDER ISSUES CROSS-BORDER TRANSACTION CROSS-BORDER TRANSACTIONS DATA RELIABILITY DEPOSIT DEPOSIT INSURANCE DEPOSIT INSURANCE SCHEMES DEPOSITORS DEPOSITS DISCRETION DIVESTMENT DUE DILIGENCE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN EIB EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK EXCHANGE RATE EXPOSURE EXPOSURES FINANCE CORPORATION FINANCIAL ANALYSIS FINANCIAL CONGLOMERATE FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL STABILITY FOREIGN BANKS FOREIGN EXCHANGE HARMONIZATION HOME COUNTRY INFORMATION SHARING INITIATIVE INSOLVENCY INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL BANKS INTERNATIONAL FINANCE JURISDICTIONS LIQUIDITY LOCAL CURRENCY MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARKET EXPANSION MERGERS MONETARY POLICY MULTINATIONAL MUTUAL RECOGNITION NATIONAL BANK NEW MARKET OPEN ECONOMIES OUTSOURCING OVERSEAS BANKS PRUDENTIAL REQUIREMENTS REGIONAL BANKS REGULATORS REGULATORY AUTHORITIES REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS REORGANIZATION RESERVE BANK RESERVE REQUIREMENTS RISK MANAGEMENT SHAREHOLDERS SINGLE SHARE STAKEHOLDERS SUBSIDIARIES SUBSIDIARY SUPERVISORY AGENCY SYSTEMIC RISK TRANSPARENCY TREASURY TREASURY BILLS VOLATILITY The introduction of new much higher minimum capital requirements and the subsequent banking sector consolidation created a platform for Nigerian banks to expand within the region and more globally. After capitalization, several Nigerian banks found themselves with large amounts of capital while there was an environment of uncertainty about the situation in Nigeria in the aftermath of the 2009 Nigerian banking crisis. This together with new market expansion opportunities gave an impulse to a number of Nigerian banks to quickly expand within West and Central Africa, as well as more globally. The global crisis itself provided Nigerian banks with opportunities to expand within Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). With Nigerian banks' presence in many countries in the region and more globally, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) needed to overhaul its traditional supervisory practices and embark on rigorous supervision of its banks on a consolidated basis taking into account all their subsidiaries and branches abroad-a task with which even advanced supervisors still struggle. This note focuses on issues of cross-border coordination and provides policy recommendations that could be taken into consideration by the CBN. Section two provides a brief description of the expansion and cross-border liquidity flows of some Nigerian banks. Section three focuses on issues related to supervisory cross-border coordination. Section four offers some recommendations. Several Nigerian banks have expanded abroad, primarily within West and Central Africa over the recent years. Banks in Nigeria with international activities have to maintain a Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) of at least 15 percent, compared with the CAR requirement of 10 percent for the other Nigerian banks. At least two of those banks with headquarters in Nigeria have subsidiaries across Africa and representative offices and/or subsidiaries in Europe. One regional bank has headquarters in Togo, while its main subsidiary with about 44 percent of the total assets domiciles in Nigeria. Cross-border liquidity flows of Nigerian banks fluctuated from month to month in 2012, as Nigerian banks have been becoming more active in the region. According to the CBN, initial experiences have been encouraging, but it faces some serious challenges in further strengthening of cross-border supervision. A recent CBN circular issued in May 2012, restricting Nigerian banks' capacity to capitalize their foreign subsidiaries, will seem to be an unnecessary restriction on an activity that will generally be managed through the supervisory process. 2013-10-01T16:54:12Z 2013-10-01T16:54:12Z 2013-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/18170455/nigeria-banking-cross-border-issues-technical-note http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15966 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) Economic & Sector Work Africa Nigeria |