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Analysis of Financial Innovation Development in Nigerian Banking Sector

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  • I.G.Okafor, Ph.D

    (Department of Banking and Finance, Caritas University, Enugu, Nigeria)

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This paper analysed financial innovation development in Nigerian banking sector between 2009 and 2018. Using trend analyses and descriptive statistics, we examined four major channels of financial innovation namely; Automated Teller Machine (ATM), Point of Sale terminals (POS), Web/Internet payment (WEBP) and Mobile pay (MBP) channels. The findings revealed that the four innovation channels jointly grew at an average rate of 296.47% in value terms and 112.63% in volume terms between 2009 and 2018. In contrast, activities on value and volume of cheque transactions plummeted during the period with the trend indicating 82.89% and 69.08% decline, respectively. Annual average decline in value and volume of cheque transactions was -13.73% and -7.13%, respectively. The paper compared pre (2000-2008) and post (2009-2018) financial innovation in respect of fraud and forgery cases. We found that on the average, number of fraud and forgery cases increased by 674.63% from 1,127.67 (pre-innovation) to 8,735.22 (post-innovation). Similarly, total amount involved and total expected loss in fraud increased by 53.43% and 34.20%, respectively from pre to post financial innovation. We conclude that financial innovation is a dominant channel of financial transaction in the Nigerian banking sector with potential of crowding out traditional transaction media in the foreseeable future. However, financial innovation is associated with rising incidence of fraud compared to the pre-innovation era and, therefore, calls for drastic measure towards protecting the unsuspecting users of these channels. Effective regulations, guidelines, citizens’ education and adequate monitoring are important in ensuring security and healthy competitiveness in the financial innovation era.

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  • I.G.Okafor, Ph.D, 2019. "Analysis of Financial Innovation Development in Nigerian Banking Sector," International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI), vol. 3(11), pages 559-570, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bjc:journl:v:3:y:2019:i:11:p:559-570
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