Traditional banking requirement is impeding rural banking in Bayelsa, Nigeria

in #africa6 years ago

Africa May Leapfrog Traditional Banking.jpgA couple of weeks ago, I was at the Yenagoa Head Office of one of the biggest banks in Nigeria to pick up my debit card which had expired in December. While waiting for the lady that was attending to me, I overheard another another staff of the bank telling a man who had come from Sagbama, (one of the Local Government Headquarters in Bayelsa State, Nigeria;) that they can't go to Sagbama to verify his address as part of the bank's KYC policy before an account can be opened, so an account can't be opened for him, except he uses a Yenagoa address.

If a bank can't open an account for a man living in Sagbama, which is a motorable town of less than an hour drive from Yenagoa, because they feel it will cost them too much to go that distance to verify his address, imagine how difficult it is for our people who live in deep riverine communities, such as: Koluama, Foropa, Twon-Brass, Okodi etc., that are many hours drive through creeks and rivers.

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