Currency outside banks rises 119% as banks’ reserves up 79%

Peter Egwuatu Currency outside banks in Nigeria more than doubled in three years, rising by 119.3 per cent between August 2023 and August 2026, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN’s Money and Credit Statistics. The amount of currency outside the banking system increased to N4.874 trillion in August 2026, from N2.223 trillion in […] The post Currency outside banks rises 119% as banks’ res...