JP Morgan to secure Nigerian banking licence after N50 billion deposit with CBN – Report

American multinational banking establishment JP Morgan Chase & Co. is on monitor to receive a banking licence in Nigeria, having deposited N50 billion ($38 million) with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing sources with data of the matter.

Paying the deposit marks a part of the final regulatory hurdles to be cleared by the financial institution earlier than it may be granted approval to run a service provider banking enterprise in Nigeria, the information outlet mentioned, quoting insiders who spoke on the situation that their identification won’t be disclosed, on condition that the method remains to be personal.

Earlier this month, Dapo Olagunju, the managing director of JP Morgan West Africa, had revealed through the Nigeria-Asia Financial Connectivity Dialogue in Singapore the financial institution’s plan to arrange a service provider banking subsidiary within the nation.

The CBN teamed up with JP Morgan, the Nigerian Exchange Group and FMDQ Group to convene the dialogue.

According to Bloomberg, JP Morgan, the most important financial institution within the US, hopes to obtain the allow by year-end or in early 2027, supplied it’s ready to receive all of the requisite approvals.

The growth push types a part of JP Morgan plan to broaden its presence in Africa, the place it’s trying to scale up its share of funds, lending, commerce finance and company banking enterprise.

At the second, JP Morgan operates a consultant workplace in Lagos, that means the licence, if issued, will allow it to enlarge its companies, which it supplies via its asset & wealth administration and business & funding banking enterprise, within the nation.

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JP Morgan’s presence in Nigeria dates back to 1961, when Chase Manhattan Bank, which later developed into JP Morgan Chase & Co., opened a department in Lagos, offering a variety of business banking companies to native companies and people.

A 12 months earlier, Chase International Investment Corporation, a unit of Chase Manhattan Bank, served because the lead associate in organising Nigerian Textile Mills in Lagos, thought to be the primary main personal industrial mission with an American curiosity in Nigeria.