Nigeria Limits Weekly, Daily ATM Cash Withdrawals to Push Digital Currency Use

Nigeria Limits Weekly, Daily ATM Cash Withdrawals to Push Digital Currency Use
People wait within markings to use the ATM, as authorities ease a lockdown following a COVID-19 outbreak, in Abuja, Nigeria, May 4, 2020. Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters
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Nigeria is set to begin limiting cash withdrawals from ATMs to just US$45 a day as the country moves toward its goal of becoming a cashless economy and embraces digital currency, including its own “eNaira” cash.

In a letter (pdf) to all banks and other financial institutions sent on Dec. 6, Nigeria’s Central Bank said they must comply with new rules pertaining to over-the-counter and ATM withdrawals.
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