{"id":54404,"date":"2021-12-06T14:34:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T13:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=54404"},"modified":"2021-12-06T14:38:03","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T13:38:03","slug":"solutions-to-70million-unbanked-population-will-increase-market-participation-etranzact-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/solutions-to-70million-unbanked-population-will-increase-market-participation-etranzact-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Solutions To 70million Unbanked Population Will Increase Market Participation&#8211;eTranzact CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Managing Director\/Chief Executive Officer of eTranzact International Plc, Mr Olaniyi Toluwalope, has said that leveraging technology could help close the investment gap in the capital market.<\/p>\n<p>Toluwalope said this at the Capital Market Correspondents Association of Nigeria (CAMCAN) 2021 annual workshop with the theme: &#8220;Technology as a tool for financial inclusion in Nigeria at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>He said resolving the issue of 70 million Nigerians without bank accounts but with active mobile lines would advance the financial inclusion and increase more participation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54408\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54408\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-54408\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG-20211206-WA0039-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG-20211206-WA0039-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG-20211206-WA0039-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG-20211206-WA0039-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG-20211206-WA0039-2-110x73.jpg 110w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG-20211206-WA0039-2-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG-20211206-WA0039-2-645x430.jpg 645w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG-20211206-WA0039-2-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG-20211206-WA0039-2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From Left&#8211;Mr Temidayo Obisan, SEC Executive Commissioner, Operations, representing DG, Mr Olisa Egbunike, Managing Editor, Global Business Advocate Magazine, Mrs Chinyere Joel-Nwokeoma, CAMCAN Chairman and Mr Mr Olaniyi Toluwalope, Managing Director\/Chief Executive Officer, eTranzact International Plc.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Toluwalope said that only 150 million of Nigeria\u2019s 200 million population owned mobile phone lines, 110 million owned 150 million mobile phone lines while about 40 million had active bank verification numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Toluwalope said that there was a need to close the gap, especially as regards small and medium enterprises.<\/p>\n<p>Toluwalope noted that financial Inclusion holds the answers to three questions that every capital market leader has which include how do we increase the participation of retail investors? How do we encourage more homegrown businesses leverage the Capital Market for growth? And can the Informal sector participate in the capital markets?<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on: \u201cTechnology as a Tool for Financial Inclusion in Nigeria: A Fintech Approach,&#8221; Toluwalope said that over the past few years, technology had allowed more and more people gain access to financial services.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that and that has increased by default, the customer base of capital market operators had increased by default with the advent of technology.\u200b<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEssentially, the rise of digital financial services means growth for the capital market. In the same vein, by utilising technology to democratise capital market access and participation, we can direct, expand the current digital savings and investment offerings to leverage the capital market for increased returns.\u200b<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\u201cToday, the average Nigerian can open an account via the APP or by visiting a PocketMoni agent location, send and receive money. We can expand this to include buying shares on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) or bonds on FMDQ and the likes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBillions in investments happen outside the capital markets through unlicensed forex trading, crypto trading and even sports betting platforms.\u200b<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This gives insights into the risk appetite of the average Nigerian. We can leverage technology to capture this value while delivering Financial Inclusion,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Toluwalope said regulators and other stakeholders had explored different initiatives that have been utilised to deliver financial inclusion in the past.<\/p>\n<p>On regulator-led Initiatives, he explained that implementation of a three-Tier KYC Structure was created to enable financial institutions expand access to the unbanked, while maintaining controls for risk mitigation.<\/p>\n<p>He added that licensing of Mobile Money &amp; Agent Banking Operators led to the rise of digital wallets and digital-first financial services delivered through the wallet-based ecosystems, rather than bank account based.<\/p>\n<p>He said licensing of Payment Service Banks enables other non financial entities to leverage their distribution network to deliver financial services at the last mile, among others.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Managing Director\/Chief Executive Officer of eTranzact International Plc, Mr Olaniyi Toluwalope, has said that leveraging technology could help close the investment gap in the capital market.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":54068,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,17],"tags":[],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-54404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-business","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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