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Cash withdrawals from banks are limited by the CBN to N100,000 per week and N20,000 per day at POS

No matter the size of the organization, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has set a weekly cap on cash withdrawals at the counter of N100,000 for individuals and N500,000 for organizations.

Additionally, the daily withdrawal limit at POS terminals has been set at N20,000. The rule will be in place starting on January 9, 2023.

The instruction comes as the CBN is ready to alter the circulating naira notes starting exactly one week from now, on December 15.

The instruction may be found in a Confidential document dated December 6 with the subject line “NAIRA REDESIGN POLICY-REVISED CASH WITHDRAWAL LIMITS.”

All deposit money banks (DMBS) and other financial institutions (OFIs) are now urged to observe and comply with the following in light of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s November 23, 2022, launch of the redesigned Naira notes and in accordance with the CBN’s Cash-less policy:

  1. The maximum cash withdrawal over the counter (OTC) by individuals and corporate organizations per week shall henceforth be N100,000 and N500,000 respectively. Withdrawals above these limits shall attract processing fees of 5% and 10%, respectively.
  2. Third party cheques above 50,000 shall not be eligible for payment over the counter, while extant limits of N10,000,000 on clearing cheques still subsist.
  3. The maximum cash withdrawal per week via Automated Teller Machine (ATM) shall be #100,000 subject to a maximum of N20,000 cash withdrawal per day.
  4. Only denominations of #200 and below shall be loaded into the ATMs.
  5. The maximum cash withdrawal via point of sale (POS) terminal shall be N20,000 daily.
  6. In compelling circumstances, not exceeding once a month, where cash withdrawals above the prescribed limits is required for legitimate purposes, such cash withdrawals shall not exceed #5,000,000.00 and N10,000,000.00 for individuals and corporate organisations, respectively, and shall be subject to the referenced processing fees in (1) above, in addition to enhanced due diligence and further information requirements.
    Further to (6) above, you are required to obtain the following information at the minimum and upload same on the CBN portal created for the purpose.


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