{
  "id": 16100273,
  "title": "CBN moves to strengthen Nigeria-China payments, boost investment",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/cbn-moves-to-strengthen-nigeria-china-payments-boost-investment",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T19:12:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/10/22/cbn-moves-to-strengthen-nigeria-china-payments-boost-investment/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) met with Nigerian and Chinese business leaders to devise strategies for enhancing cross-border payments, fortifying banking ties, and expanding investment opportunities between the two nations. The engagement, held at a high-level business and financial roundtable in Beijing, China on October 21, 2026, aimed to bolster Nigeria's financial markets and tackle impediments to financial transactions between the countries.\n\nThe roundtable, titled \"Strengthening the Nigeria-China Financial Corridor,\" convened business leaders and financial stakeholders from both markets at the Pan Pacific Beijing. CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso emphasized the significance of direct engagement with businesses to identify both opportunities and challenges that impact financial activities between Nigeria and China. He stressed that understanding these hurdles would aid in crafting deeper and more accessible financial markets, as well as strengthening financial connectivity between the two countries.\n\nDeputy Governor for Economic Policy at the CBN, Philip Ikeazor, kicked off the event by stressing the necessity of converting Nigeria's improving macroeconomic fundamentals into heightened investment and a more robust financial market framework. Additionally, Nigeria's Ambassador to China, retired Lieutenant General Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, and other speakers such as Festus Mbisiogu, Chairperson of Blue Diamond Group, and Chief Diana Chen, Chairperson of CIG Motors, presented their perspectives on the challenges and prospects for businesses operating within the Nigeria-China economic corridor.\n\nA primary emphasis of the meeting centered around an interactive session where participants discussed practical obstacles and prospects related to financial transactions between Nigeria and China.",
  "summary": "The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has engaged Nigerian and Chinese business leaders on measures to improve cross-border payments, strengthen banking relationships and boost investment flows between both countries. According to a statement by the apex bank on Thursday, the engagement took place at a high-level business and financial roundtable in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, […] CBN moves to…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}