CBN convenes the Payments Service Providers Committee, with a new Payments System Vision to follow
| Jurisdiction | Nigeria (Africa) |
| Authority | Central Bank of Nigeria |
| Instrument | statement |
| Status | milestone |
| Event date | 2 Apr 2026 |
| Coverage date | 10 Apr 2026 |
| Sources | Vanguard Nigeria |
| Reference | cpm-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).
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